Pål Børnick is a Norwegian competition rower

Sport rowing

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...

 and twice World Champion.

He received a silver medal in lightweight coxless fours at the 1976 World Rowing Championships

World Rowing Championships

The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...

 in Villach, Austria. The team consisted of Edd Hillstad

Edd Hillstad

Edd Hillstad is a Norwegian competition rower. He received a silver medal in lightweight coxless fours at the 1976 World Rowing Championships, with the team members Pål Børnick, Per Arvid Steen, Ivar Sølberg and Hillstad. The championship was held in Villach, Austria.Hillstad represented the club...

, Per Arvid Steen, Ivar Sølberg and Børnick.

Børnick won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls at the 1978 World Championships in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, together with Arne Gilje

Arne Gilje

Arne Gilje is a Norwegian competition rower and twice World Champion.He won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Copenhagen, together with Pål Børnick...

. While the main championship was held in Hamilton

Hamilton, New Zealand

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, New Zealand, the lightweight championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Gilje and Børnick won a second gold medal at the 1979 World Championships in Lake Bled

Lake Bled

Lake Bled is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination.-Geography and history:...

, Yugoslavia.

He resides at Geilo

Geilo

is a centre in the municipality of Hol in Norway, in the valley of Hallingdal, with around 2300 inhabitants.Geilo is primarily a ski resort town, but also offers summer activities. Geilo is in a valley with mountain ranges on each side. The center of the town lies at 800 meters above sea level, and...

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