- Ove Aunli
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Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Olympic Games Silver 1980 Lake Placid 4 x 10 km Bronze 1980 Lake Placid 15 km World Championships Gold 1982 Oslo 4 x 10 km Gold 1985 Seefeld 4 x 10 km Silver 1985 Seefeld 30 km Bronze 1978 Lahti 4 x 10 km Bronze 1985 Seefeld 50 km Bronze 1987 Oberstdorf 4 x 10 km Ove Robert Aunli (born 12 March 1956 in Hemne) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. He took the Olympic bronze medal in Lake Placid 1980 when Thomas Wassberg beat Juha Mieto by one-hundredth of a second for the gold medal, and won a silver medal as part of Norway's 4 x 10 km relay team.
Aunli found his biggest success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning six medals. This included two golds (4 x 10 km: 1982, 1985), one silver (30 km: 1985), and three bronzes (4 x 10 km: 1978, 1987; 50 km: 1985).
Aunli represented the clubs Kyrksæterøra IL and Strindheim IL.
He is married to Berit Aunli.
References
Categories:- 1956 births
- Living people
- Norwegian cross-country skiers
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- People from Hemne
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Norwegian cross-country skiing biography stubs
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