Jack Troye Nielsen (7 October 1923 – 8 May 2020) was a Norwegian
alpine skier.
Nielsen was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
in October 1923, and was the son of
Jack Nielsen. He represented the club
IL Heming
Idrettslaget Heming is a Norwegian sports club from Slemdal, Oslo. It has sections for association football, Nordic skiing, alpine skiing, orienteering and tennis, previously also for bandy.
General history
It was founded on 25 May 1916, and ...
. He participated at the
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...
in
Saint Moritz, where he competed in slalom.
Nielsen won the slalom event at the Norwegian championships in 1950.
He died in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in May 2020, at the age of 96.
Jack Nielsen
s obituary
References
1923 births
2020 deaths
Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Norwegian male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Norway
Alpine skiers from Oslo
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