Johnny Lunde

Johnny Anker Lunde was a Norwegian alpine skier and engineer.

Biography

Lunde was born in Nore, and represented the club Konnerud IL. He participated at the 1948 [Winter Olympics] in Saint Moritz, and at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. He did not finish the Alpine [skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|downhill race] in 1948, but finished a tied 20th in downhill in Alpine skiing at the [1952 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|1952]. In 1949 he won the downhill competition which was part of the alpine combined in the Norwegian championship.
He graduated as a construction engineer from ETH Zurich in 1949. After working in construction from 1950 to 1958 he spent his career at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute until 1990, working with geomechanics.
He resided in Sandvika. He was a grandfather of snowboarder Line Østvold. He died in April 2013.