Hein Arnulf Bæk (born 16 August 1943) is a retired Norwegian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He was born in Trysil. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played one match, the group match against

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

. He competed for the clubs

Elverum IL Elverum IL is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Elverum in Hedmark. It was founded in 1892, and has sections for handball, association football, ski jumping, gymnastics and swimming. Handball Football Other sports Ski jumper Hein-Arne Ma ...

and Oslostudentenes IK, and was capped 53 times for

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. He competed at the

1964 World Men's Handball Championship The 1964 World Men's Handball Championship was the fifth team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia. Romania won the championship. Final standings Results Preliminary Round GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP ...

, and at the

1967 World Men's Handball Championship The 1967 World Men's Handball Championship was the sixth team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden. Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = C ...

References

1943 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Olympic handball players of Norway Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics People from Trysil Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-handball-bio-stub