Bjarne Lingås (7 January 1933 – 19 November 2011) was a Norwegian

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. He became the Norwegian Champion six times in

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and

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. He became the Nordic Champion in 1955. In 1954 he was on the Europe Team in the Golden Gloves tournament in the United States, and won his two matches. For that he received Morgenbladets Gullmedalje (The Morgenbladets Gold Medal). In 1952 Lingås represented Norway in the Light Heavyweight division at the

Helsinki Olympic Games The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, losing to Brazilian Lucio Grotone in the second round.Olympic results

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1933 births 2011 deaths Sportspeople from Kristiansand Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Norwegian male boxers Olympic boxers for Norway Heavyweight boxers {{Norway-boxing-bio-stub