Bjarne Lingås was a Norwegian boxer

Boxing

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. He became the Norwegian Champion six times in heavyweight

Heavyweight

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 and light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

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. He became the Nordic Champion in 1955. In 1954 he was on the Europe Team in the Golden Glove

Golden Gloves

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 tournament in USA, and won his two matches. For that he received Morgenbladets Gullmedalje (The Morgenbladets Gold Medal).

In 1952 Lingås represented Norway in the Light Heavyweight division at the Helsinki Olympic Games

Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at Messuhalli.-Medal table:- Flyweight :- Bantamweight :- Featherweight :- Lightweight :...

, losing to Brazilian Lucio Grotone in the second round.