 Nørbech in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 29 December 1988 Oslo, Norway |
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| Sport | Luge |
Thor Haug Nørbech (born 29 December 1988) is a Norwegian luger. He was born in Oslo. [1] He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, [2] where he placed 17th in the men's singles.
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, and known at the time as Semaine Internationale des Sports d'Hiver, was a winter multi-sport event held in Chamonix, France, from 25 January to 5 February 1924. Norway topped the table, collecting seventeen medals in total, including four gold, three of which were won by Thorleif Haug in the Nordic combined and cross-country skiing events. Norway also achieved two podium sweeps, winning all three medals in both the 50 km cross-country skiing and the Nordic combined. This remained a record at the Winter Olympics until 2014.
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Events in the year 2014 in Norway.
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