// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Hans Kleppen a good climber? He's got a grip on things.
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Norway | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1929 Zakopane | Individual large hill |
Hans Kleppen (16 March 1907 – 12 April 2009) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.
Kleppen was born in Bø, Telemark in March 1907. He turned 100 in March 2007 and, having participated in the 1928 Winter Olympics, was Norway's oldest living Olympian.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ "100-åring fornyer lappens". Telemark. NRK. 2007-03-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
External links
[edit]- Hans Kleppen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Hans Kleppen at Olympics.com
- Hans Kleppen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Report on Hans Kleppen's 101st birthday at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-03-24) (in Norwegian)
- Notice of death from Aftenposten
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- 1907 births
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- People from Midt-Telemark Municipality
- Norwegian men centenarians
- Norwegian male ski jumpers
- Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Skiers from Telemark
- 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
- Norwegian ski jumping biography stubs