Jorun Askersrud, later ''Nygaard'', also married ''Tangen'' (6 May 1929 – 12 October 2012) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

cross-country skier 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 ...

and

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athlete during the 1950s. She was born in

Lunner Lunner is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hadeland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Roa. Lunner was established when it was separated from the municipality of Jevnake ...

, and represented the clubs

Lunner IL Lunner Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Lunner, Oppland. It currently only has a section for team handball. The club is best known for its women's handball team. It played in the highest Norwegian league for many years, and became runn ...

and

IL i BUL Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo (also BUL, Oslo) is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag. IL i BUL ha ...

. In 1952 she finished 12th in the 10 km cross-country event at the

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and competed without reaching the final in

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and

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at the

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.Jorun Askersrud's profile at Sports Reference.com
/ref> Norway had originally opposed cross-country skiing for women at their own 1952 Winter Olympics. She finished 17 in the pentathlon at both the 1954 European Championships and the 1958 European Championships. Her personal best times in her athletic Olympic events were 12.2 seconds and 11.8 seconds, respectively. In Norwegian championships she won 39 gold medals, 16 silver and 11 bronze medals as well as 9 relay gold medals between 1949 and 1961. She was awarded the King's Cup in 1953, the Norwegian Athletics Association Gold Medal in 1958 and became an honorary member of IL i BUL in 1963. As a

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she entered the Norwegian Allround Championships in 1958, winning the silver medal.Jorun Tangen-Askersrud's profile at Speedskatingnews.info
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Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

References

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* 1929 births 2012 deaths People from Lunner Norwegian female cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Norwegian female sprinters Norwegian female hurdlers Norwegian female long jumpers Norwegian female shot putters Norwegian female discus throwers Norwegian pentathletes Olympic athletes of Norway Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Norwegian female speed skaters Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-speed-skating-bio-stub