Morten Sæther
Morten Sæther (born May 13, 1959 in Lillehammer ) is a former Norwegian road cyclist and national cycling champion .
The 13-time Norwegian champion has always remained an amateur throughout his career, his greatest success being the bronze medal in the amateurs' road race at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships . At the Olympic road race in 1984 he only lost the bronze medal in the finish sprint against his compatriot Dag Otto Lauritzen .
Sæther celebrated his most successes in Scandinavian road races, bigger successes outside Norway were next to his bronze medal at the 1979 World Cup, a second place in the Tour of Austria in 1980, the victory in the Berlin four-stage race in 1983 and a stage victory in the 1987 Peace Tour in the he finished sixth in the overall standings.
Sæther was also a successful driver in the 100 km team time trial . In this discipline he was Norwegian champion five times in a row from 1978 to 1983 and in 1987. He was also a member of the Norwegian foursome at the 1984 Olympic Games, which finished tenth.
The Kongepokal (King's Cup), which is awarded for the best sporting performance at Norwegian championships, he received in 1981 and 1983.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile Sæthers ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on cyclingwebsite.net.
- ^ Official report of the IOC on the 1984 Summer Olympics, Volume II, page 379.
- ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 255 .
- ↑ Per Jorsett (editor): Norsk Sykkelsports history . Ed .: Norges Cykleforbund. Self-published by NCF, Oslo 2000, p. 89 (Norwegian).
Web links
- Morten Sæther in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Morten Sæther in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1940 Odd Westbye | 1946 Leif Ekås | 1947, 1949, 1953 Erling Kristiansen | 1948 Per Thorkildsen | 1950 Arild Anders | 1951, 1952, 1955 Odd Berg | 1954, 1958 Kjell Pedersen | 1956 Kaare Vårvik | 1957 Aage Kjelstrup | 1959 Trygve Lullau | 1960, 1961, 1964 Per Digerud | 1962, 1963 Fredrik Kveil | 1965 Cato Nordbeck | 1966 Karl Helland | 1967, 1968 Tore Milsett | 1969, 1971 Thorleif Andresen | 1970, 1974 Tom Martin Biseth | 1972, 1973 Knut Knudsen | 1975 Svein Langholm | 1976 Magne Orre | 1977, 1978, 1979 Geir Digerud | 1980 Jon Rangfred Hansen | 1981, 1983 Morten Sæther | 1982 Ole Kristian Silseth | 1984 Dag Otto Lauritzen | 1985, 1986 Atle Pedersen | 1987 Jørn Skaane | 1988 Erik Johan Sæbø | 1989 Finn Vegard Nordhagen | 1990 Bjørn Stenersen | 1991 Bo André Namtvedt | 1992 Dag Erik Pedersen | 1993 Johnny Sæther | 1994 Steffen Kjærgaard | 1995 Bo André Namtvedt | 1996 Frode Flesjå | 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2009 Kurt Asle Arvesen | 1999 Svein Gaute Hølestøl | 2000 rune Jogert | 2001 Erlend Engelsvoll | 2003 Gabriel Rasch | 2004, 2010, 2013 Thor Hushovd | 2005 Morten Christiansen | 2006 Lars Petter Nordhaug | 2007, 2011 Alexander Kristoff | 2012, 2015, 2016 Edvald Boasson Hagen | 2014 Tormod Jacobsen | 2017 Rasmus Tiller | 2018 Vegard Stake Length | 2019 Amund Grøndahl Jansen | 2020 Sven Erik Bystrøm
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| SURNAME | Sæther, Morten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian road cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lillehammer |