Fredrik Bekken

{{Short description|Norwegian rower (born 1975)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|3|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Drammen, Norway

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| sport = Rowing

| club = Drammen RK

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2000 Sydney|Double sculls}}

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{{MedalBronze|1999 St. Catharines |Double Sculls}}

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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

Bekken was born in Drammen on 11 March 1975.

He won a silver medal in the double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, rowing with Olaf Tufte.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=ROW "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Rowing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112002504/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=ROW |date=12 January 2015 }} (Retrieved on 12 May 2008)

He won a bronze medal in the double sculls at the 1999 World Rowing Championships, also with Olaf Tufte.{{cite encyclopedia |title=roing (norske medaljer i internasjonale mesterskap) |first=Jørn |last=Sundby |first2=Rolf |last2=Bryhn |first3= Svein |last3=Askheim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-first=Erik | editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/roing_-_norske_medaljer_i_internasjonale_mesterskap |language=no |accessdate=16 October 2024}}

In October 2024 he was assigned head coach for the Norwegian national rowing team.{{Cite news |title=Fredrik Bekken ny landslagssjef |date=16 October 2024 |url=https://www.roing.no/nyheter/fredrik-bekken-ny-landslagssjef |website=roing.no |access-date=16 October 2024 |language=no}}{{Cite news |title=Landslagssjefen legg seg flat etter bråket: – At dei høyrer på oss, er veldig fint |first=Hans Christian |last=Boge-Fredriksen |first2=Carl Andreas |last2=Wold |date=16 October 2024 |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/fredrik-bekken-ny-landslagssjef-i-roing-_-legg-seg-flat-etter-ro-braket-1.17084556 |work=NRK |access-date=16 October 2024 |language=no}}

References

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{{Cite web |title=Fredrik Bekken |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39054 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=16 October 2024 }}

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