Olaf Tufte
Olympic Medalist and Rower
World’s best to join forces at Head...October. The boat, made up of athletes from eight nations, includes the top seven finishers from last year's Olympics, led by medalists Olaf Tufte (Norway), Ondrej Synek (Czech Republic), and Mahe Drysdale (New Zealand), plus Iztok Cop... In this article: Ondrej Synek, Alan Campbell, American college, Olaf Tufte, Mahe Drysdale, and Dirty Dozen |
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | October 18, 2009
All-Star eights are great
...Marcel Hacker, who'd won the singles bronze in 2000. When Tufte's wife gave birth last week and he couldn't turn up, Anderson, the US sculler at this year's world regatta, stepped in. "It was a great piece of teamwork,'' said Barry. "Eight...
In this article: Susan Francia, Alan Campbell, US, Thames, and Great Britain
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BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Rowing | All-star crew beat GB ...
Olympic singles champion Olaf Tufte joins an international all-star crew to beat a GB line-up with five Beijing medals in the Head of the River Race.
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www.morethanthegames.co.uk
All-star Tideway Scullers win Head of the River | More than ...
... Olaf Tufte - reeled out an all-star crew to win the Head of the River Race in London. ... competing on the River Thames Head of the River Race (Getty Images) ...
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2009 Great Eight | Intersport Images
... against Cambridge University, on the River Thames raced from Putney Pier to ... Hacker (GER) Mahe Drysdale (NZ) Olaf Tufte (NOR) Ondrej Synek (CZE) stroke Iztok ...
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CUBC Fixture - Pictures - Zimbio
The CUBC crew in action during the Cambridge University Boat Club fixture against the Tideway Scullers on The River Thames on March 18, 2009 in London, England.
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River Thames, Body of Water - News - Evri
Follow River Thames at Evri.com, your source for real time news, quotes, ... Olaf Tufte Rower. Theresa Villiers Politician. Tideway Systems Company. Leander Club ...
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Getty Images - CUBC Fixture
Rights-managed stock photo - CUBC Fixture by Getty ... Thames River. Water Sport. People. Mahe Drysdale. Ondrej Synek. Olaf Tufte. Location. Czech Republic ...
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www.nzherald.co.nz
Rowing: Tufte beats Kiwis in Whanganui Challenge - Rowing ...
Double Olympic gold medallist Olaf Tufte today downed New Zealand's three-times ... lined the banks of the Whanganui River today as Tufte, Drysdale and Olympic ...
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Rowing and Sculling for Rowers and Scullers - row2k video
... takes down the Olympic champ, Olaf Tufte, again at six minutes and 50.64 seconds. ... River Thames. 4¼-mile Oxford-Cambridge course in reverse, Mortlake to Putney. ...
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Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April, 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian competition rower.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's single sculls. He won silver in the men's double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Fredrik Bekken. He has also won two World Championships in the single sculls, in 2001 and 2003.
When not rowing, Tufte earns a living growing cereals at the family farm in the Nykirke part of Horten and, he also works as a firefighter. Olaf is a member of Horten Roklubb, one of the most successful rowing-clubs in Norway of all times.
In heat 6 of the 2000m in the 2008 Olympics single sculls, Tufte came in first with a time of 7:20.18.
In the finals, he was down nearly 2 seconds with 500m to go, but came back to win with a time of 6 minutes, 59.83 seconds, repeating his victory in Athens.
He also won silver in sydney in the double sculls race
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