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Helge Flo

Nordic Skiing
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment
Classification
B1, B1

Further personal information

Residence
Oslo, NOR
Languages
Norwegian
Higher education
Physiotherapy

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He began skiing as a child and has always liked cross-country.
Why this sport?
After he lost his vision at age 20, he started cross-country skiing again in conjunction with his physiotherapy studies.
Club / Team
Hodr IL: Oslo, NOR
Name of coach
Torbjorn Pettersen Broks [national], NOR
Handedness
Right

International debut

Year
1996
Competing for
Norway
Tournament
World Cup
Location
Sunne

General interest

Other information
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has worked as the manager of the project 'Poor vision, no obstacle - be active', which is a programme supported by the Norwegian Ski Federation to help children and young people with visual impairments to become more physically active. (friidrett.no, 13 Sep 2012)