Stig Kleven (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian sport wrestler.
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1967 Notodden, Norway | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His achievements include a fourth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, a sixth place at the world championships, a bronze medal at the European championships, one Nordic title, and eleven Norwegian titles.
Personal life
editCareer
editKleven represented the clubs SK Snøgg (Tønsberg), IF Urædd (Porsgrunn), Sportsklubben av 09 (Oslo), and Kolbotn IL.[1]
He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he placed 4th in Greco-Roman wrestling.[2] He became Nordic champion in 1988.[1]
He placed sixth at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships.[3][2] He won a bronze medal at the 1994 European Wrestling Championships in Athens.[1]
He won a total of eleven national titles as senior, between 1986 and 1997.[1][4] He was awarded the King’s Cup in 1995.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Bryhn, Rolf. "Stig Arild Kleven". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Stig Kleven". olympedia.org. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Stig Kleven". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "NM medaljer & utmerkelser". nbfdatabase.p.digitalia.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
External links
edit- Stig Kleven at the International Wrestling Database
- Stig Kleven at Olympedia
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