Bjarne Lingås (7 January 1933 – 19 November 2011) was a
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. He became the Norwegian Champion six times in
heavyweight
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light heavyweight
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Boxing
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. He became the Nordic Champion in 1955. In 1954 he was on the Europe Team in the
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tournament in the United States, and won his two matches. For that he received Morgenbladets Gullmedalje (The Morgenbladets Gold Medal).
In 1952 Lingås represented Norway in the Light Heavyweight division at the
Helsinki Olympic Games, losing to Brazilian
Lucio Grotone in the second round.
Olympic results
References
1933 births
2011 deaths
Sportspeople from Kristiansand
Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Norwegian male boxers
Olympic boxers for Norway
Heavyweight boxers
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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