Bærum KK
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Bærum Kajakklubb is a sports club from Bærum
, Norway
.
Established in 1935, its only sport is canoe racing
. It is based at Kalvøya
outside of Sandvika
, and has shared the locality with the rowing
club Bærum RK
since 1972.
Well-known members include Ivar Mathisen
, Knut Østby
, Harald Eriksen, Andreas Orheim
, Geir Kvillum
, Steinar Amundsen
, Øyvind Amundsen, Harald Amundsen
and Hege Brannsten
.
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
.
Established in 1935, its only sport is canoe racing
Canoe racing
This article discusses canoe sprint and canoe marathon, competitive forms of canoeing and kayaking on more or less flat water. Both sports are governed by the International Canoe Federation ....
. It is based at Kalvøya
Kalvøya
Kalvøya is situated in the inner Oslofjord. The island is right outside of Sandvika in Bærum. The island has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge to Kadettangen since 1963.Kalvøya is one of the most popular bathing spots in Bærum...
outside of Sandvika
Sandvika
is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003.Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for Western Bærum, and has a combined bus and railway station. Sandvika is...
, and has shared the locality with the rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
club Bærum RK
Bærum RK
Bærum Roklubb is a sports club from Bærum, Norway.Established in 1917, its only sport is sport rowing. It is based at Kalvøya outside of Sandvika, and has shared the current locality with the canoeing club Bærum KK since 1972. Bærum RK originally had its own house at Kalvøya, but this was moved to...
since 1972.
Well-known members include Ivar Mathisen
Ivar Mathisen
Ivar Mathisen was a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the 1940s and early 1950s. He received a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with Knut Østby. Mathisen finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m event at those same games.-Early life:He was a member of the...
, Knut Østby
Knut Østby
Knut Østby was a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the K-2 10000 m event at London in 1948 and another in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1950 World Championships.-Career:Østby was born in Modum, but...
, Harald Eriksen, Andreas Orheim
Andreas Orheim
Andreas Orheim is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade....
, Geir Kvillum
Geir Kvillum
Geir Kvillum is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1980s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 10000 m at the 1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Tampere....
, Steinar Amundsen
Steinar Amundsen
Steinar Amundsen is a Norwegian sprint canoer. He won gold medal on K4 1000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich on the same distance.Amundsen also won two gold medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World...
, Øyvind Amundsen, Harald Amundsen
Harald Amundsen
Harald Amundsen is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the 1980s. He won two medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1987 and a silver in 1983....
and Hege Brannsten
Hege Brannsten
Hege Brannsten is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-4 500 m events.-References:*...
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