Helge Bjørnstad (born 14 October 1971) is a

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player. As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he has three silver (

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, 2002, 2006) from the Paralympic Games. At the 1998 Paralympic Games the team took the gold medal. He took the bronze medal with the Norwegian team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in

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. He has also won several Paralympic medals as a swimmer. He took two gold medals and one silver at the

1992 Summer Paralympics )( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD) , athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD) , opened_by = Queen Sofía , opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD) , closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD) , eve ...

, and two gold and one silver at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

. He received the

Egebergs Ærespris The Egebergs Ærespris ("Honorary Prize of Egeberg") is a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport. The prize was created by Ferdinand Julian Egeberg, and consists of a bronze statuette modelled by sculptor Magnus Vigr ...

in 2009, a prize awarded to Norwegian athletes who excel in more than one sport.Andresen hedret med Egeberg

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, 30 December 2009

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* * 1971 births Living people Norwegian sledge hockey players Paralympic sledge hockey players of Norway Paralympic gold medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Ice sledge hockey players at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey Paralympic medalists in swimming S9-classified Paralympic swimmers 20th-century Norwegian people 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-wintersport-bio-stub