Leif Solheim

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Leif Solheim
Personal information
Full nameLeif Sigurd Solheim
Born(1932-07-14)14 July 1932
Oslo, Norway [1]
Died12 July 2024(2024-07-12) (aged 91)
Sport
SportIce hockey
Club Furuset IF
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1951 Paris Team

Leif Sigurd Solheim (14 July 1932 – 12 July 2024) was a Norwegian ice hockey player. His achievements include winning a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships. He was awarded Gullpucken in 1959.

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Career

Solheim played for Furuset IF [1] and the Norway national team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1952. [2] He won a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships in Paris. [3]

He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1959, and was the first recipient of the prize. [4]

Personal life and death

Born in Oslo on 14 July 1932, [1] Solheim was a brother of Olympian ice hockey player Øivind Solheim. [2]

Solheim died on 12 July 2024, at the age of 91. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Leif Solheim". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Leif Solheim". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Ice Hockey Championships (821)". olympedia.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. Schanke, Tom A (2007). Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. p. 346. ISBN   978-82-8156-044-4.
  5. Wulff, Rolf E. (16 July 2024). "En hedersmann og legende i norsk ishockeyhistorie har forlatt oss" . Akers Avis Groruddalen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.