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May Britt Nilsen (born 9 April 1958) is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship five times in the 1970s. [1]
Kurt Erik Nilsen is a Norwegian pop/country singer. He won the first season of the Norwegian reality show Idol, which aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He then won a one-off international version of Pop Idol called World Idol on 1 January 2004, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows.
Lars Arvid Nilsen is a retired Norwegian shot putter. He represented Urædd Friidrett.
Dag Otto Lauritzen is a Norwegian television personality and retired professional cyclist. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won a bronze medal in the individual road race. He was the first Norwegian to win a stage of the Tour de France, which he did on Bastille Day in 1987 at Luz Ardiden. Over his career he rode the Tour de France eight times.
Laila Schou Nilsen was one of the foremost Norwegian sportspeople of the 20th century, best known as a speed skater, alpine skier, and tennis player. She was one of the pioneers in women's speed skating, both in Norway and internationally, along with two other skaters from the Oslo Skøiteklub, Undis Blikken and Synnøve Lie. Across her sporting career – which also included handball, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and motorsport – Nilsen won 101 Norwegian Championship titles, of which 86 were in tennis.
Knut Knudsen is a retired Norwegian road and track cyclist. As an amateur, he placed fifth in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1968 Olympics before becoming Olympic champion in the same discipline in 1972. He would follow this up with another gold at the 1973 World Championships. At the 1972 Olympics he also placed fifth in the 100 km team time trial on the road. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 1972 and 1973.
Werner "Scotty" Nilsen was a former soccer player who played as a forward. He is one of the highest scoring players in United States soccer history, scoring 131 goals in 239 games with the Boston Soccer Club. He won five consecutive National Challenge Cups during his career, and four doubles. Born in Norway, he earned two caps with the United States national team in 1934. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Ole Gabriel Rasch is a Norwegian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Darren Lapthorne is an Australian former professional racing cyclist.
Lars Petter Nordhaug is a Norwegian former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2017 for the Joker–Bianchi, Belkin Pro Cycling, Team Sky and Aqua Blue Sport teams.
Alexander Kristoff is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility. His biggest victories have been the 2014 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Tour of Flanders among many other successes.
The Norwegian National Road Race Championships, have been held annually with an event for each category of rider; Men, Women, junior riders & under 23 riders, since 1946. The event also includes the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships and the Norwegian National Criterium Championships.
Vegard Stake Laengen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Marco Haller is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.
Odd Berg was a Norwegian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1951, 1952 and 1955.
Svein Gaute Hølestøl is a Norwegian former professional cyclist. He was born in Stavanger. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the 1999 Norwegian National Road Race Championships and the 2000 Norwegian National Time Trial Championships.
Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen is a Norwegian former professional road cyclist and footballer. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. She won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in 2013.
May Britt Hartwell is a Norwegian cyclist.
Uno-X Mobility is a Norwegian UCI ProTeam founded in 2010. The team is sponsored by fuel station chain Uno-X.
Bjørn Stenersen was a Norwegian professional racing cyclist.
Bjørn Tore Hoem Nilsen is a Norwegian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019.
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