Tore Berger
Encyclopedia
Tore Berger is a Norwegian
sprint canoer
. He won gold medal on K4 1000 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
(with Steinar Amundsen
, Egil Søby
and Jan Johansen
), and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich
on the same distance.
Berger also won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
.
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...
sprint canoer
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 ....
. He won gold medal on K4 1000 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested. The program was unchanged from the previous Games in 1964. Lake Xochimilco was where the events took place.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...
(with 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...
, Egil Søby
Egil Søby
Egil Søby is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. 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.Søby also won three medals at the ICF Canoe...
and Jan Johansen
Jan Johansen (kayaker)
Jan Johansen is a Norwegian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich at the same distance.Johansen also won three medals at the ICF...
), and obtained a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich
Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested, and for the first time at the Olympic Games, four events in slalom canoeing were also contested.-Slalom:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:...
on the same distance.
Berger also won a gold medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1970 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.