Fredrik Bekken

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Fredrik Bekken
Personal information
Born (1975-03-11) 11 March 1975 (age 50) [1]
Drammen, Norway [1]
Sport
SportRowing
ClubDrammen RK [1]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Double sculls
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1999 St. CatharinesDouble Sculls

Fredrik Bekken (born 11 March 1975) is a Norwegian former representative rower, Olympic medalist, and coach for the Norwegian national rowing team.

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Career

Bekken was born in Drammen on 11 March 1975. [1]

He won a silver medal in the double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, rowing with Olaf Tufte. [1] [2]

He won a bronze medal in the double sculls at the 1999 World Rowing Championships, also with Olaf Tufte. [3]

In October 2024 he was assigned head coach for the Norwegian national rowing team. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fredrik Bekken". olympedia.org. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Rowing" Archived 12 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 12 May 2008)
  3. ↑ Sundby, Jørn; Bryhn, Rolf; Askheim, Svein. "roing (norske medaljer i internasjonale mesterskap)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Fredrik Bekken ny landslagssjef". roing.no (in Norwegian). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Boge-Fredriksen, Hans Christian; Wold, Carl Andreas (16 October 2024). "Landslagssjefen legg seg flat etter bråket: – At dei høyrer på oss, er veldig fint". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 October 2024.


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