Name Hans Kleppen Role Olympian | Died April 12, 2009 | |
Hans Kleppen (16 March 1907 in Bø, Telemark – 12 April 2009) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane.
Kleppen, from Bø, Telemark, celebrated his 100th birthday in March 2007 and, having participated in the 1928 Winter Olympics, was Norway's oldest living Olympian.
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