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| Birth name | Rolf Siljan Andreassen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 April 1949 Drammen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rolf Siljan Andreassen (born 3 April 1949) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.
He received a silver medal in the coxless four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, together with Finn Tveter, Ole Nafstad, and Arne Bergodd. [1] [2]
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