Rodney Riise
Encyclopedia
Rodney Riise was a Norwegian ice hockey
player. He was born in Oslo
and represented the club Vålerengens IF
. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble
in 1968, where the Norwegian team placed 11th.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He was born in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
and represented the club Vålerengens IF
Vålerengens IF
Vålerengens Idrettsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club from the neighborhood Vålerenga in Oslo, founded on 29 July 1913.It has sections for football, ice hockey, american football, handball, floorball and skiing...
. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
in 1968, where the Norwegian team placed 11th.