Sigurd Haanes
Personal information
Born(1913-08-01)1 August 1913
Kristiania, Norway
Died3 April 1943(1943-04-03) (aged 29)
Calverley, England
Cause of deathAircraft accident
Resting placeUllern
RelativesJohan Haanes (brother)
Sport
CountryNorway
Sport
ClubNjård

Sigurd Clausen Haanes (1 August 1913 – 3 April 1943) was a Norwegian ski jumper and pilot.

He was born in Kristiania as the son of Thorgny Haanes and his wife Hedvig Kristine Clausen, and resided in Vestre Aker.[1] He was the brother of tennis player Johan Haanes,[2] and played doubles tennis with Johan during the summer.[3]

Haanes placed fourth in ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1937 in Chamonix.[2][4] At that time, he was based in Italy as an amateur skiing coach.[5] He was the record holder of the Holmenkollbakken ski jump in 1940.[6] He represented the club Njård.[7]

He had taken the examen artium and commerce school. Following the German invasion of Norway in 1940 he participated in the fighting during the Norwegian Campaign as member of a ski company. He later travelled to the United Kingdom and enrolled in the Air Force where he became a pilot. He died in an aircraft accident in Calverley in 1943.[1] His urn was brought home and buried in Ullern after the war, in October 1945.[8] A memorial cup for Haanes in ski jumping was later instituted.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1950). "Haanes, Sigurd Clausen". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 395. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 Schanke, Tom A. (2007). Norsk idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aller Forlag. p. 432. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
  3. ↑ "Johan Arnet og Ivar Dahl slo Johan og Sigurd Haanes". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 7 June 1940. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Haanes, Sigurd". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Sigurd Haanes hoppet 80 m. i Sestrieres". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 February 1937. p. 8.
  6. ↑ Bryhn, Rolf. "Holmenkollen – Bakkerekorder menn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sigurd Haanes best i Njårds klubbrenn". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 April 1940. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Sigurd Haanes stedt til hvile i norsk jord". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 October 1945. p. 5.
  9. ↑ Jafr. (28 January 1953). "Spennende kamp om Sigurd Haanes' minnepokal søndag". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 8.


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