Vetle Vinje

Vetle Vinje (born 14 March 1962) is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.

He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1] He received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Alf Hansen, Rolf Thorsen, and Lars Bjønness.^[2] Vinje received a silver medal in quadruple sculls in the 1987 world championships, with the same team.

He represented the club Bærum RK. He is a son of Finn-Erik Vinje and is married to politician Kristin Vinje.

Vinje has a cand.scient. degree from 1989 and a dr.scient. degree from 1999, both in geophysics, from the University of Oslo.^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vetle Vinje Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 12 May 2008)
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