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Per Eugen Kristiansen

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Per Eugen Kristiansen
Personal information
NationalityNorway Norwegian
Born (1969-04-08) 8 April 1969 (age 55)
Years active1994-
Sport
SportSailing
ClubKongelig Norsk Seilforening
Coached byEsben Slaatto from 2007
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Norway
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Sonar
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Sonderborg Sonar
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Perth Sonar

Per Eugen Kristiansen (born 8 April 1969)[1] is a Norwegian sailor from Bekkestua who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the Sonar class, together with Marie Solberg and Aleksander Wang-Hansen. 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.[2] In January 2012, he won the World Sailing Championship in Florida.[3]

In 1993, Kristiansen got his cand.scient. in organic chemistry from the University of Oslo. On 22 October 1999, he received his doctorate, and from 2000 to 2002, he undertook postdoctorate studies at Washington State University. 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.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Per Eugen Kristiansen". London 2012 Paralympics. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012.
  2. ^ Sport and wildlife interests at the uio homepage
  3. ^ "VM-gull til den norske Sonaren" [WC gold for the Norwegian Sonar]. kappseiling.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ Per Eugen Kristiansen, senior engineer, Universitetet i Oslo
  5. ^ Homepage at uio[dead link]
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