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Kristoffer Brun (born 7 April 1988) is a Norwegian rower. He competes in lightweight single sculls and in lightweight double sculls along with teammate Are Strandli.
Brun competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the men's lightweight double sculls with teammate Are Strandli. [1] They teamed again to win the bronze medal in that event at the 2016 Olympics. [2]
The team are also world champions in their event, at the 2013 World Championships in Chungjiu. [3] They have also won world championships bronze twice. [4] [5] At European level, the team of Brun and Strandli have won one silver and three bronzes. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Brun won a gold medal in lightweight single sculls (LM1x) at the 2020 European Rowing Championships. [10]
Sun Jie is a male Chinese rower, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He competed in the men's lightweight sculls at both Olympics. His teammate in 2008 was Zhang Guolin, and they finished in 5th place. In 2012 his teammate was Zhang Fangbing, they finished in 15th place.
Jérémie Azou is a French former rower. He is an Olympic, World, and European champion in the men's lightweight double sculls.
Zsolt Hirling is a Hungarian rower.
Stany Delayre is a French rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed with Jérémie Azou in the men's lightweight double sculls, finishing in 4th place. On home water, he and Azou won the 2015 World Championship in that event. Their team also won the silver medal at the 2014 World Championships, and won the 2013, 2014 and 2015 European Championships. In 2009, Delayre was part of the French men's lightweight quadruple sculls time at the World Championships. He was also part of the French under-23s men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2006 and 2007 Junior World Rowing Championships.
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Peter Chambers is a British rower, and is the brother of fellow rower Richard Chambers. He is a World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls and an Olympic silver medalist in the men's lightweight coxless four. He is also a decent coach at Marlow rowing club and is leading them to victory.
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Are Weierholt Strandli is a Norwegian rower. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing ninth in the lightweight double sculls with Kristoffer Brun, and won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Lars Hartig is a German rower. A World and European medallist, he participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Linus Lichtschlag. They qualified for the A finals, where they reached a sixth place.
Linus Lichtschlag is a German rower. He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he competed in the Men's lightweight double sculls event together with his teammate Lars Hartig. They qualified for the A finals, where they reached a sixth place. The team had previously won gold at the 2010 European Championships in the same event.
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The 2017 European Rowing Championships were held in Račice, Czech Republic, between 24 and 28 May 2017.
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