Fredrik Bekken
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| Born | 11 March 1975[1] Drammen, Norway[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Drammen RK[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fredrik Bekken (born 11 March 1975) is a Norwegian former representative rower, Olympic medalist, and coach for the Norwegian national rowing team.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Fredrik Bekken". olympedia.org. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Rowing" Archived 12 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 12 May 2008)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fredrik Bekken ny landslagssjef". roing.no (in Norwegian). 16 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ 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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- World Rowing Championships medalists for Norway
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