Peder Lunde Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Peder Lunde Jr.

sailor

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1942

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: sailor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Peder Lunde Jr.

  • Peder Lunde Jr.
  • (born 9 February 1942) is a retired Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1960, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
  • In 1960 he won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with Bjørn Bergvall.
  • Eight years later he earned a silver medal in the Star class, together with Per Olav Wiken.
  • He placed sixth in the same event in 1972, and 16th in 1976 in the three-person keelboat.
  • In 1981-82, he was a crewmember on the yacht Berge Viking in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
  • Lunde comes from a sailing family: his parents Peder and Vibeke Lunde together with uncle Børre Falkum-Hansen won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, and his grandfather Eugen Lunde became an Olympic champion in 1924.
  • His wife Aud is an Olympic alpine skier, and their daughter Jeanette competed at Olympics both in alpine skiing and sailing.He resides at Snarøya.

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