Kjetil Borch

Olaf Tufte and Kjetil Borch (right) at the EM 2016

Kjetil Borch (born February 14, 1990 in Tønsberg ) is a Norwegian rower . In 2013 he was world champion in double sculls , in 2018 in singles .

Career

The 1.93 m tall rower from the Horten Roklub began rowing in 2002. In 2007 he took part in the Junior World Championships and finished 22nd in the double scull , the following year he finished seventh in the double scull. In 2009 he won the bronze medal with Truls Albert in a double scull at the U23 World Championships . In 2010 he competed in the adult class with Nils Jakob Hoff , the two achieved fourth place at the world championships , in 2011 they finished eighth. In 2012, Hoff and Borch won the last pre-Olympic World Cup regatta in Munich. At the 2012 Olympic Games , Hoff and Borch won the B final and finished seventh. At the end of the 2012 season, the Croatian double scull won the European Championships ahead of the Italians, Hoff and Borch received the bronze medal.

At the beginning of June 2013, the European championships of the post-Olympic year took place in Seville , the Italians won the double sculls ahead of the Lithuanians, and Hoff and Borch again received bronze. At the 2013 World Championships in Chungju , Hoff and Borch won ahead of the Lithuanians and the Italians. After finishing fourth at the 2014 European Championships , the two Norwegians only achieved tenth place at the 2014 World Championships . In 2015 Hoff and Borch took fourth place at the European Championships , as in the previous year , with twelfth place at the World Championships , the two missed the opportunity to directly qualify for the Olympic Games in 2016.

In 2016, Kjetil Borch formed a new double scull with the 40-year-old single routinier Olaf Tufte . The two finished fifth at the 2016 European Championships and won the Olympic qualification in Lucerne. At the 2016 Olympic Games , Borch and Tufte won the bronze medal. The following year, the two Norwegians finished fifth at the World Championships . In 2018, Kjetil Borch competed in one . After finishing ninth and fourth in the Rowing World Cup, Borch first won the title at the European Championships and a month and a half later also at the World Championships . In 2019 he finished ninth at the European Championships . At the World Cup in Rotterdam, he rowed to second place behind the Dane Sverri Nielsen . At the 2019 World Championships in Linz / Ottensheim, the German Oliver Zeidler won ahead of Nielsen and Borch.

Web links

• Kjetil Borch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Kjetil Borch at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )