Jørn Irving Goldstein (born March 27, 1953) is a Norwegian Olympic

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player."Jorn Goldstein Olympic Stats" , Hockey-Reference.com
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Biography

Goldstein was born in

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, and is Jewish.''The 1984 Olympic Games: Sarajevo/Los Angeles'' - Dick Schaap
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/ref> His mother's family, surname Schapow, immigrated to Norway from

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in the early 1900s. His father, Otto Goldstein, arrived in 1947 from Germany, a Holocaust survivor who survived and was liberated in World War II from Nazi Germany's concentration camps. The family eventually moved to

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. As an 18-year old Goldstein joined Manglerud Star Ishockey, and became the team's goalkeeper. Goldstein played for the

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, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1984. He was awarded

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as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1977. In 1983, Norwegian director

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made a movie entitled ''Hockey Fever'', in which Goldstein has a central role.">"Jørn Goldstein" - IMDb
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* 1953 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Jewish ice hockey players Norwegian ice hockey goaltenders Norwegian Jews Olympic ice hockey players of Norway Ice hockey people from Oslo {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub

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