posted Feb 9th, 2016 - One of the many NSL Profiles that need updates is the one of Lise Aune Nansen.

It seems like many Formation Skydiving competitors stay in the sport for a very long time, which makes it even more necessary to follow up on the profile stories. Lise Aune Nansen's NSL Profile was published in April 2001, when she was 34 years of age and had 17 years in the sport. The update adds another 15 years to the time in the sport, which makes it 32 years. That's a long time, and Lise Aune Nansen is not an exception.

Her name was still Lise Aune 14 years ago, and before she met and married Nikolai Nansen, a descendant of Fridtjof Nansen, who was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Nikolai Nansen is a skydiver and 4-way competitor, too.

FAI World Meet 2003			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		1,11,12	M,J,E,10	K,16,6	13,14,5	D,22,4	9,C,Q,N	F,19,21	2,20,L	18,B,3	8,P,7	Total	Avg
1	Maubeuge	FR	16	26	23	19	21	37	24	21	19	23	229	22.9
2	Golden Knights	US	17	24	22	19	18	35	22	18	19	20	214	21.4
3	DeLand Norgies	NO	13	24	21	19	18	36	19	16	19	21	206	20.6
4	Sebastian XL	UK	14	22	21	19	17	34	21	18	19	20	205	20.5
5	Sinapsi PD	IT	13	24	22	17	17	32	22	18	18	-	183	20.3
6	Endeavour	CH	13	21	19	15	17	29	21	17	16	-	168	18.7
7	NMPV	BE	15	19	19	16	15	29	19	16	16	-	164	18.2
8	EADS	DE	14	19	17	15	15	26	17	16	16	-	155	17.2
9	Wild Wind	RU	15	22	18	15	18	22	17	8	-	-	135	16.9
10	Phenix	SE	13	18	15	15	16	23	18	16	-	-	134	16.8

The original profile story finished short of the second trip of the DeLand Norgies to a World Championship of Formation Skydiving. The DeLand Norgies, with Outside Center Lise Aune, had won the bronze medals in 1999 and were ready to go for more at the World Air Games 2001 in Spain.

This time, the Norgies were within striking distance of the gold (Arizona Airspeed 21.4) and silver (France 21.2) medals and finished again in 3rd place with a 20.6 average.

The same lineup made a new 2-year plan and challenged the U.S.A. and France once again in 2003, while the British XL team tried to catch the DeLand Norgies. France on home turf and the Golden Knights were too strong, and the Norgies won the bronze medals for the third time by one single point over XL.

Norway Nationals 2015		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	P,D,11,A	E,J,10,B	O,9,8	18,C,2	K,L,M,4	1,17,14	19,3,22	21,F,15	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Norgies	23	22	20	17	22	16	12	-	132	18.9
2	DUMT VFSK	12	17	17	13	11	12	14	15	111	13.9
3	4Intimity	13	14	12	8	12	8	8	9	84	10.5
4	Bellyboys	5	6	4	5	6	4	4	6	40	5.0
5	Golden Oldies HaFSK	4	3	3	4	4	2	2	-	22	3.1

DeLand Norgies and XL both retired the competitive part of their team projects after the Mondial 2003, even though they never completely disbanded. The members of both teams are still actively involved in 4-way competition, and the Norgies still celebrate their annual reunion at the national championships after a 3-year break between 2004 and 2006.

In fact, the DeLand Norgies keep winning the national 4-way title year after year, and Lise Nansen still has the original lineup by her side. They are once again the reigning Norwegian 4-way champions after an 18.9 outdoor average last year. The team members have also become her best friends, and the reunions are only a part of the social events of the DeLand Norgies.

Her daughter Kari just turned 12 years old. She was born in February 2004, which means that she was actually a bronze medal winner at the World Meet 2003, as well...