Hakon Barfod (17 August 1926 – 4 November 2013)Håkon Barfod's obituary
was a Norwegian

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and Olympic champion. He was born in

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. He competed at the

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, where he received a gold medal in the

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class as crew member on the boat ''Pan''.kysten rundt - Klassisk Treseiler Klubb "Håkon Barfod" He competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics 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 ...

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, where he again received a gold medal with ''Pan''.

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* 1926 births 2013 deaths Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Norway Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Dragon Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub