Lars Bjønness

Lars Bjønness (born July 27, 1963 in Oslo ) is a former Norwegian rower who won two Olympic silver medals and twice the world title.

Career

Lars Bjønness from Ormsund Roklub finished fifth in the lightweight double scull at the 1982 World Championships together with Arild Baaheim . A year later, he started for the first time without a weight limit and finished ninth in a double foursome at the 1983 World Championships . At the Olympic Games in 1984 Bjønness started in the single , but was eliminated in the hope run . In 1985 he returned to the quad scull and finished seventh at the World Championships , the following year the boat finished ninth. With the same line-up as in 1986 ( Vetle Vinje , Lars Bjønness, Rolf Thorsen and Alf Hansen ), the boat took second place in 1987 behind the Soviet four-four. At the 1988 Olympic Games , the four Norwegians also won the silver medal, this time behind the Italians.

In 1989 Lars Bjønness and Rolf Thorsen competed as a double scull and won the title at the World Championships in Bled . This earned both of them the Morgenbladet gold medal . In 1990 , the two reached fifth place. At the Olympic Games in 1992 , Thorsen and Bjønness sat together with Kjetil Undset and Per Sætersdal in the quad scull and won silver behind the German quad scull. In 1993 , Thorsen and Bjønness again finished second in a double scull behind the French Yves Lamarque and Samuel Barathay . In 1994 in Indianapolis , Lars Bjønness won his second gold medal at world championships with Thorsen.

Lars Bjønness in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Lars Bjønness at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )