Hans Kleppen (16 March 1907 – 12 April 2009) was a Norwegian

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the

1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1929 took place February 5–9, 1929 in Zakopane, Poland. Men's cross country 17 km February 7, 1929 50 km February 9, 1929 Men's Nordic combined Individual February 5, 1929 Men's ski jum ...

Zakopane Zakopane ( Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the extreme south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has been par ...

. Kleppen was born in

Bø, Telemark Bø is a village and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark, but was historically regarded as part of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bø i Telemar ...

in March 1907. He turned 100 in March 2007 and, having participated in the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

, was Norway's oldest living Olympian.

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1907 births 2009 deaths People from Bø, Telemark Norwegian centenarians Norwegian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Norway FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Men centenarians Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub