Vibeke "Babben" Lunde (21 March 1921 – 12 August 1962) was a Norwegian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

and Olympic medalist. She was born and died 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 ...

. She received a silver medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat ''Encore'' at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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, together with her husband Peder Lunde and Børre Falkum-Hansen.

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* 1921 births 1962 deaths Norwegian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Norway Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oslo {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub