Hans Anton Aalien (born 21 September 1958) is a blind skier from Eggedal, Norway. He won a

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in the

disabled skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics Disabled skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Contrary to the Paralympics, these events were demonstrations held during the Olympics. Placement table Men's event Modified Giant slalom for above-the-Knee Amputee ...

event in

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, Alberta, Canada with a time of 18 minutes, 52.2 seconds. He participated in track and field athletics at four consecutive

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, from 1976 to 1988, and also competed in swimming in 1976 and 1984. He won one bronze medal in athletics and a silver and a bronze in swimming. At the

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, he competed in

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

in 1980, 1984, and 1988, and medaled in every event he participated in. He won a total of seven golds, one silver, and one bronze winter Paralympic medal. He was born in

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1958 births Living people Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Paralympic athletes of Norway Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Paralympic swimmers of Norway Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic cross-country skiers of Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Visually impaired category Paralympic competitors Medalists at the 1980 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Paralympics Norwegian male cross-country skiers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic medalists in swimming People from Elverum Norwegian male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Innlandet Norwegian male middle-distance runners Norwegian male high jumpers Norwegian male long jumpers Paralympic middle-distance runners Paralympic high jumpers Paralympic long jumpers 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-Paralympic-medalist-stub