Leif Solheim
{{Short description|Norwegian ice hockey player (1932–2024)}}
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| full_name = Leif Sigurd Solheim
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|7|14|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|7|12|1932|7|14|df=y}}
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| sport = Ice hockey
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| club = Furuset IF
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{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey }}
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{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 1951 Paris | Team }}
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Leif Sigurd Solheim (14 July 1932 – 12 July 2024) was a Norwegian ice hockey player. His achievements include winning a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships. He was awarded Gullpucken in 1959.
Career
Solheim played for Furuset IF and the Norway national team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1952.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/leif-solheim-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034904/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/leif-solheim-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Leif Solheim |publisher=Sports Reference |accessdate=17 April 2010 }} He won a bronze medal with Norway at the 1951 Ice Hockey European Championships in Paris.{{cite web |title=Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Ice Hockey Championships (821) |url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/197/manual?page=4 |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=24 July 2024}}
He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1959, and was the first recipient of the prize.{{cite book|first=Tom A |last=Schanke |title=Norsk Idrettsleksikon |language=Norwegian |year=2007 |publisher=Aller Forlag |isbn=978-82-8156-044-4 |page=346}}
Personal life and death
Born in Oslo on 14 July 1932, Solheim was a brother of Olympian ice hockey player Øivind Solheim.
Solheim died on 12 July 2024, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=En hedersmann og legende i norsk ishockeyhistorie har forlatt oss |first= Rolf E. |last=Wulff |url=https://groruddalen.no/nyheter/en-hedersmann-og-legende-i-norsk-ishockeyhistorie-har-forlatt-oss/ |url-access=subscription |work=Akers Avis Groruddalen |date=16 July 2024 |access-date=24 July 2024 |language=no}}
References
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Category:Furuset Ishockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Oslo
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Category:Norwegian ice hockey players
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Norway
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