Tom Amundsen
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| Born | 4 February 1943 Oslo | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 2017 (aged 74) Oslo | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Oslo | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | physician | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Norske Studenters Roklub | ||||||||||||||
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Tom Amundsen (4 February 1943 – 3 September 2017) was a Norwegian sport rower and physician.
Amundsen was born in Oslo in 1943.[1] He started rowing while he studied medicine at the University of Oslo, and he belonged to Norske Studenters Roklub.[1]
Amundsen competed at the 1971 European Rowing Championships and won a silver medal with the coxless four.[2] He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the coxless four and the team was eliminated in the round one repêchage.[1] At the 1973 European Rowing Championships in Moscow, he competed with Kjell Sverre Johansen in the coxless pair and they came eleventh.[2] At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he competed with the coxed four and they were eliminated in the round one repêchage.[1]
Amundsen became a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation in 1978. He became a specialist in neurology in 1983.[3] During his entire career, he worked at hospitals with the exception of 1988, when he was part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.[1]
Amundsen died on 3 September 2017 in Oslo.[1] He had been married with three children.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Amundsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Nekrolog: Tom Amundsen" [Obituary: Tom Amundsen]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 September 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
- Tom Amundsen at World Rowing
- Tom Amundsen at Olympics.com
- Tom Amundsen at Olympedia
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