Henry Hebbe
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Henry Hebbe was a Norwegian speed skater
. He was born in Tønsberg
and represented the club Oslo SK
. He competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics
in St. Moritz
.
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
. He was born in Tønsberg
Tønsberg
is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....
and represented the club Oslo SK
Oslo SK
Oslo Skøiteklub is a sports club in Oslo. Its home arena is Frogner Stadion. The club has departments for speed skating and figure skating.-Establishment:...
. He competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics
1948 Winter Olympics
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...
in St. Moritz
St. Moritz
St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...
.