Per Eugen Kristiansen

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 dependant 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]

Per Eugen Kristiansen
Personal information
Nationality Norwegian
Born (1969-04-08) April 8, 1969
Years active1994-
Sport
SportSailing
ClubKongelig Norsk Seilforening
Coached byEsben Slaatto from 2007

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

Year
Gold Silver Bronze
Sonar Para World Championship medallists
1999 Cadiz[1]  Germany
Jens Kroker
Peter Muenter
Peter Reichl
 Great Britain
Andy Cassell
Andrew Millband
Brian Harding
 Netherlands
Udo Hessels
Marcel van de Veen
Mischa Rossen
2001 Florida[2]  Canada
Brian Mackie
Brian MacDonald
Paul Tingley
 Great Britain
Andrew Cassell
Brian Harding
Edward Suckling
 Germany
Jens Kroker
Dietmar Steigel
Peter Reichl
2002 Medemblik[3]  Germany
Jens Kroker
Dietmar Steigel
Peter Reichl
 Great Britain
Andrew Cassell
Brian Harding
Edward Suckling
 Canada
Brian Mackie
Brian MacDonald
Paul Tingley
2003 Athens[4]  Netherlands
Udo Hessels
Marcel van de Veen
Mischa Rossen
 Israel
Dror Cohen
Benny Vaxler
Michael Levy
 Great Britain
John Robertson
Stephen Thomas
Hannah Stodel
2005 Sonderborg[5]  Great Britain
John Robertson
Stephen Thomas
Hannah Stodel
 Norway
Jostein Stordahl
Aleksander Wang-Hansen
Per Eugen Kristiansen
 Germany
Jens Kroker
Holger Schonenberg
Tobias Schuetz
2006 Perth[6][7]  Great Britain
John Robertson
Stephen Thomas
Hannah Stodel
 Germany
Jens Kroker
Sigi Mainka
Tobias Schuetz
 Norway
Jostein Stordahl
Aleksander Wang-Hansen
Per Eugen Kristiansen
2007 Rochester, NY[8]  United States
Rick Doerr
Tim Angle
Bill Donahue
 United States
Paul Callahan
Tom Brown
Roger Cleworth
 Germany
Jens Kroker
Tobias Schuetz
Sigi Mainka
2009 Athens[9][10][11]  Germany
Jens Kroker
Robert Prem
Siggy Mainka
 Israel
Dror Cohen
Arnon Efrati
Ben Vexler
 Greece
Christoforou Vasilis
Notaroglou Argiris
Aleksas Thodoris
2010 Medemblik[12][13]  Netherlands
Udo Hessels
Marcel van de Veen
Mischa Rossen
 Great Britain
John Robertson
Hannah Stodel
Stephen Thomas
 Germany
Jens Kroker
Robert Prem
Siegmund Mainka
2011 Weymouth[14][15]  Israel
Dror Cohen
Benni Vexler
Arnon Efrati
 Great Britain
John Robertson
Hannah Stodel
Stephen Thomas
 Norway
Aleksander Wang-Hansen
Per Eugen Kristiansen
Marie Solberg
2012 Charlotte Harbor[16][17]  Norway
Aleksander Wang-Hansen
Per Eugen Kristiansen
Marie Solberg
 France
Bruno Jourdren
Eric Flageul
Nicolas Vimont-Vicary
 Great Britain
John Robertson
Hannah Stodel
Stephen Thomas
2013 Kinsale[18][19]  France
Bruno Jourdren
Eric Flageul
Nicolas Vimont-Vicary
 Netherlands
Udo Hessels
Marcel van de Veen
Mischa Rossen
 Australia
Colin Harrison
Jonathan Harris
Russell Boaden
2014 Halifax[20]  France
Bruno Jourdren
Eric Flageul
Nicolas Vimont-Vicary
 Canada
Paul Tingley
Logan Campbell
Scott Lutes
 Australia
Colin Harrison
Jonathan Harris
Russell Boaden
2015 Melbourne AUS[21][22]  Great Britain
John Robertson
Hannah Stodel
Stephen Thomas
 Australia
Colin Harrison
Jonathan Harris
Russell Boaden
 Norway
Aleksander Wang-Hansen
Per Eugen Kristiansen
Marie Solberg
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