Aleksander Wang-Hansen (born 19 March 1982 in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

) is a

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. He has taken part in the Paralympic Games since 2000, and achieved his best finish of third and a Bronze at the

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. Wang-Hansen also had a fourth place at the games in

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, and a fifth place from the Games in

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. He mostly sails in the Sonar class, and this was also the class where he finished fourth together

Per Eugen Kristiansen Per Eugen Kristiansen (born 8 April 1969) is a Norwegian sailor from Bekkestua who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Sonar class, together with Marie Solberg and Aleksander Wang-Hansen. He has sailed since he was 7. In 19 ...

and

Jostein Stordahl Jostein Stordahl (born 20 May 1966) is a Norwegian disabled sportsperson. He has competed in sailing and wheelchair curling Wheelchair curling is an adaptation of curling for athletes with a disability affecting their lower limbs or gait. Whee ...

. He competed with them at the

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. This was boat number 11. At the

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, he was also boat number 11. He has also competed at the World Championships, where he won gold in 2012, silver in 2005 and bronze in 2006, 2011 and 2015. In 2010 and 2013, he won the World Cup together with Per Eugen Kristiansen and

Marie Solberg Marie Solberg (born 6 June 1988) is a Norwegian sailor from Sarpsborg. She took part in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in the Sonar class and won a bronze medal together with Per Eugen Kristiansen and Aleksander Wang-Hansen. She works as ...

. In 2011 and 2012, they finished third. In 2005, together with Per Eugen Kristiansen and Jostein Stordahl, he was awarded the North Crew-prize and nominated for Sailor of the Year. In 2008, he won Sailor of the Year. He also won the award in 2012, alongside Marie Solberg and Per Eugen Kristiansen. Aleksander is the elder brother of Sebastian Wang-Hansen, who took part in the

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in London in

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. He is also the cousin of Mats Wang-Hansen, who is World Champion in sailing (Europe (dinghy) in 2000).

References

External links

olympiatoppen.no: Wang-Hansen, Aleksander

Profile
at the International Paralympic Committee's biography pages at ipc.infostradasports.com
Profile
at Sailing.org

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