Geir Borgan Paulsen (born 9 April 1957) is a Norwegian weightlifter and IFBB Pro bodybuilder active in the 1990s. His highest placings in professional bodybuilding were at the 1991 Night of the Champions on New York, placing third, and at the Master's Olympia in 2002, also placing third. He was a competitive weightlifter until the age of 26, when due to a work injury he was forced to retire from competitive weightlifting and became introduced to bodybuilding by a friend. He has also been a championship football (soccer) player, skier and skater. [1]
He is a native of the island city of Kragerø in Telemark, Norway, where he was born on 9 April 1957. He now operates a gym in Oslo and works as a personal trainer. [2]
Sources: Bodybuilding.com bio Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine , Geirborganpaulsen.com Merits section Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
Source: Geirborganpaulsen.com Merits section Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
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