Frank Hansen (rower)

Svein Thøgersen and Frank Hansen 1971

Frank Hansen (born August 4, 1945 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian rower .

Life

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he and Svein Thøgersen won silver in a double scull . He then won numerous other victories in the same boat class with his brother Alf John Hansen . Between 1974 and 1979 they were world champions three times and vice-world champions once. He achieved his greatest success at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , when he and his brother Alf won the gold medal in the double scull.

In 1975 he and his brother won the Morgenbladet gold medal , and in 1976 the Fearnleys olympiske ærespris .

At the Olympic Games in 1980 in Moscow Frank Hansen was unable to attend because of the international boycott on which Norway also participated. Then he ended his rowing career.

successes

Olympic games

• Olympic champion 1976 - double scull
• Silver medal 1972 - double scull

World championships

• World Champion 1975 - double scull
• World Champion 1978 - double scull
• World Champion 1979 - double scull
• Silver medal 1974 - double scull

Web links

• Frank Hansen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )