Helly Hansen Protecting Professionals

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Protecting Professionals Across the Globe
Ø 1972 –
Olympic sailors from Norway, Bahamas, Denmark, Holland, Great Britain,
Sweden and Germany wear Helly Hansen during the Olympic Games
Ø 1974 –
Sponsors ‘Berge Viking’ boat, skippered by Peder Lunde Jr, in the
Whitbread Round the World Race
Ø 1980 -1992 – Norwegian Olympic sailing team wear Helly Hansen
Ø 1985 – Sponsors the ‘Helly Hansen Faerder Race’. The sponsorship still continues
today
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1994 –
Official supplier of all apparel for volunteers at the Lillehammer Winter
Olympics
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1994 –
Supplies protective clothing for Trond Nesheim, Iver Tollefsen and Robert
Caspersen on first ascent to Antarctica
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1995 –
Helly Hansen becomes Official Supplier of the International Yacht Racing
Union (IYRU)
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1995 –
Supplies clothing for Swedish explorer, Goran Kropp as he undertakes
solo climb of Mount Everest
Ø 2001 -
Official Clothing supplier for ‘Djuice’ vessel in the Volvo Ocean Race
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2005 –
Sponsors Boujmaa Guilloul, Vidar Jensen and John Skye in the
Professional Windsurf Tour (PWA)
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2005 –
Sponsors Renata Chlumska as she circumnavigates the lower 50 states of
the USA by kayak and bicycle
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2006 –
Sponsors athletes, Julie Wafaei and Colin Angus as they complete the first
human powered circumnavigation of the planet
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2008 –
Helly Hansen athlete, Thomas Coville sets a new 24hour distance record
for sailing around the world on a multihull without stopovers
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2009 –
Ericsson Racing Team wins the Volvo Ocean Race wearing Helly Hansen
gear from top to toe
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2010 – Helly Hansen supplies RNLI lifeguards with a range of technical clothing
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2010 –
Team Helly Hansen make adventure race history by being the first ever
team to retain the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race
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2010 -
Resorts of Canadian Rockies (RCR) choose Helly Hansen kit for mountain
professional
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2010 –
Helly Hansen announces exclusive apparel and marketing partnership with
Vail Resorts
Ø 2011 – Helly Hansen partners with Chinese Team Sanya for the 2011/12 Volvo
Ocean Race
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2011 –
Helly Hansen is the Official Clothing Partner for the Walking With The
Wounded North Pole Expedition
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2012 – Helly Hansen is once again selected as the Official Clothing Partner for the
Walking With The Wounded Mount Everest Expedition