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

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who survived and was liberated in World War II from Nazi Germany's

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s. 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 Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the

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in 1984. He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1977. In 1983, the Norwegian director Oddvar Bull Tuhus made the movie '' Hockeyfeber'' (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 Norwegian ice hockey goaltenders Olympic ice hockey players for Norway Ice hockey people from Oslo Jewish Norwegian sportspeople Norwegian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub

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