Vetle Vinje

Last updated

Vetle Vinje
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Copenhagen Quadruple sculls

Vetle Vinje (born 14 March 1962) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.

He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1] He received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Alf Hansen, Rolf Thorsen, and Lars Bjønness. [2] Vinje received a silver medal in quadruple sculls in the 1987 world championships, with the same team.

He represented the club Bærum RK. He is a son of Finn-Erik Vinje and is married to politician Kristin Vinje.

Vinje has a cand.scient. degree from 1989 and a dr.scient. degree from 1999, both in geophysics, from the University of Oslo. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Redgrave</span> British rower

Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. He is the most successful male rower in Olympic history, and the only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic Games in an endurance sport.

Agostino Abbagnale is an Italian rower and triple Olympic gold medalist. He is the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alf Hansen</span> Norwegian rower

Alf John Hansen is a retired rower from Norway. Early in his career, he received two Norwegian sport awards shared with his brother Frank. Towards the end of his career in 1990, he was the inaugural recipient of the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honour in rowing. His international rowing career spanned more than two decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Davide Tizzano</span> Italian rower

Davide Tizzano is a retired rower from Italy and a double Olympic gold medalist. He won his first gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in the quadruple scull. Eight years later he formed a team with Agostino Abbagnale, with whom he triumphed in the men's double scull event.

Lars Bjønness is a former Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.

Rolf Bernt Thorsen is a Norwegian former competition rower, world champion and Olympic medalist.

Gianluca Farina is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

Piero Poli is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

Alessio Sartori is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

Rossano Galtarossa is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allar Raja</span> Estonian rower

Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Annekatrin Thiele</span> German rower

Annekatrin Thiele is a German rower. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in double sculls with Christiane Huth. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she again won a silver medal, this time in the women's quadruple sculls. She has also twice won World Championship gold, both times in the women's quadruple sculls. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she competed in women's quadruple sculls competition in which the German team won the gold medal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simone Venier</span> Italian rower

Simone Venier is an Italian rower - a five time Olympian. He won a silver medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Quadruple sculls.

Vasil Fyodaravich Yakusha was a Belarusian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During most of his career, he was a single sculler.

Douglas Turnbull Hamilton is a Canadian Olympic medallist rower.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephan Krüger</span> German rower

Stephan Krüger is a German rower.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carina Bär</span> German rower

Carina Bär is a German rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she competed in the women's quadruple sculls competition in which the German team won the gold medal. She had previous won the silver medal in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dmytro Mikhay</span> Ukrainian rower

Dmytro Valeriyovych Mikhay is a Ukrainian rower. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, with what is still a world's fastest time as of September 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivan Dovhodko</span> Ukrainian rower

Ivan Viktorovych Dovhodko is a Ukrainian rower. He competed in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, setting a new world's best time. He has won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in the quadruple sculls at European level.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vetle Vinje Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. "1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 12 May 2008)
  3. BIBSYS