Danish sailor (1912β1994)
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Full name | William Eldred Berntsen | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 March 1912 (1912-03-25) Jersie, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 September 1994 (1994-09-15) (aged 82) Frederikssund, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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William Eldred Berntsen (25 March 1912 β 14 September 1994) was a Danish competitive sailor. And Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the 5.5 Metre class at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, together with SΓΈren Hancke and Steen Christensen.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "William Berntsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
External linksβ»
- William Eldred Berntsen at World Sailing
- William Eldred Berntsen at Olympics.com
- William Berntsen at Olympedia
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- 1912 births
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- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics β Dragon
- Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics β 5.5 Metre
- Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics β 5.5 Metre
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics β 5.5 Metre
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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