Kristoffer Brun (born 7 April 1988) is a Norwegian rower. He competes in lightweight single sculls and in lightweight double sculls along with teammate Are Strandli.
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Medal record
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Career
editBrun competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the men's lightweight double sculls with teammate Are Strandli.[1] They teamed again to win the bronze medal in that event at the 2016 Olympics.[2]
The team are also world champions in their event, at the 2013 World Championships in Chungjiu.[3] They have also won world championships bronze twice.[4][5] At European level, the team of Brun and Strandli have won one silver and three bronzes.[6][7][8][9]
Brun won a gold medal in lightweight single sculls (LM1x) at the 2020 European Rowing Championships.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Kristoffer Brun". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Lightweight Men's Double Sculls". www.rio2016.com. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Chungju, KOR – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Amsterdam, NED – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2015 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Aiguebelette, FRA – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2013 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Seville, ESP – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2014 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Belgrade, SRB – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2015 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Poznan, POL – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "2016 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Brandenburg, GER – (LM2x) Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Askheim, Svein; Bryhn, Rolf. "Kristoffer Brun". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
External links
edit- Kristoffer Brun at World Rowing
- Kristoffer Brun at Olympics.com
- Kristoffer Brun at Olympedia
- Kristoffer Brun at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
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