Per Eugen Kristiansen (born 8 April 1969) is a Norwegian

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from

Bekkestua Bekkestua is a town in the municipality of Bærum, Norway, with a busy bus terminal and a station on one of Oslo's westbound T-bane lines, Kolsåsbanen. It also has its own library, police station and fire station. It has grown to be the second ...

who won a bronze medal at the

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in the Sonar class, together with

Marie Solberg Marie Solberg (born 6 June 1988) is a Norwegian sailor from Sarpsborg. She took part in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London in the Sonar class and won a bronze medal together with Per Eugen Kristiansen and Aleksander Wang-Hansen. She works as ...

and

Aleksander Wang-Hansen Aleksander Wang-Hansen (born 19 March 1982 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian sailor. He has taken part in the Paralympic Games since 2000, and achieved his best finish of third and a Bronze at the 2012 Summer Games in London, United Kingdom. Wang-Hans ...

. He has sailed since he was 7. In 1994, he was involved in a climbing accident, and since then has been reliant on a wheelchair. Nine months later, he was an active sailor again. In 1998, he competed for the first time after a disabled sailor invited him to an event, and from then on, he has been an active regatta sailor. In January 2012, he won the World Sailing Championship in

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. In 1993, Kristiansen got his

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from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. On 22 October 1999, he received his doctorate, and from 2000 to 2002, he undertook postdoctorate studies at

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. From 2002 to 2005, he worked at the University of Oslo, where he is now a senior engineer in the department for biochemistry and molecular biology.Homepage at uio
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21st-century Norwegian scientists Norwegian male sailors (sport) Norwegian disabled sportspeople Sportspeople from Bærum 1969 births University of Oslo alumni Washington State University alumni Academic staff of the University of Oslo Living people Norwegian expatriates in the United States Scientists with disabilities {{Norway-Paralympic-medalist-stub