Rolf Andreassen
Rolf Siljan Andreassen (born April 3, 1949 in Drammen ) is a former Norwegian rower who won an Olympic silver medal in 1976.
Athletic career
The 1.90 m tall Rolf Andreassen from Drammen Roklub competed at the European Championships in Copenhagen in 1971 together with Arne Bergodd and Tor Egil Olsen in a pair with a helmsman . The Norwegian crew took ninth place.
The following year, the two appeared at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in the same line-up as in the previous year. In the first run the boat took fifth place behind the boats from Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Romania and Canada. In the repechage, the Norwegians finished second behind the British and advanced to the semi-finals. There the Norwegians crossed the finish line in fifth place like in the preliminary run. In the B final, the Norwegians won ahead of the British and Canadians and thus took seventh place in the total.
1973 at the European Championships in Moscow Andreassen and Bergodd rowed together with Odd Sørum and Ole Nafstad in a four-man without a helmsman . Behind the boat from the GDR, the boat from the Soviet Union won silver, a second behind the Norwegians rowed to bronze.
At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd, Finn Tveter and Ole Nafstad competed in four. In the third run, the boat from the GDR won ahead of the boat from the Soviet Union and the New Zealanders, these three boats directly reached the semi-finals. The fourth-placed Norwegians had to go to the hope race, which they won wafer-thinly ahead of the Canadians. In the first semi-final, the boats from the GDR, Canada and New Zealand qualified for the final, the second semi-final was won by the Norwegians, ahead of the boats from the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany. In the final, the boat from the GDR won with almost four seconds ahead of the Norwegians, followed by the boat from the USSR about one second behind the New Zealanders.
Web links
- Rolf Andreassen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Rolf Andreassen at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
Footnotes
- ↑ Finals in the four without a helmsman at the European Championships in 1971 at worldrowing.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 339
- ↑ Final in a four-man without a helmsman at the European Championships in 1973 at worldrowing.com
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 558f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andreassen, Rolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Andreassen, Rolf Siljan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drammen |