Alf Hansen

Alf Hansen

Hansen with the Holland Beker in 1978[1]
Personal information
Born	13 July 1948 (1948-07-13) (age 68) Oslo, Norway
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Ormsund Roklub, Oslo
Medal record Representing  Norway Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Double sculls 1988 Seoul Quadruple sculls World Rowing Championships 1975 Nottingham Double sculls 1978 Hamilton Double sculls 1979 Bled Double sculls 1982 Lucerne Double sculls 1974 Lucerne Double sculls 1983 Duisburg Double sculls 1987 Copenhagen Quadruple sculls 1970 St. Catharines Coxless fours 1981 Munich Double sculls

Alf John Hansen (born 13 July 1948) is a retired rower from Norway.^[2][3]

In 1976, he won a gold medal at the Montreal Olympic Games in the double scull event (2x) with his brother Frank Hansen. The Hansen brothers started their career with a silver medal at the 1974 world championships, and followed that up with a gold medal at the 1975 world championships. They would go on to win the 1978 and 1979 world championships in the double scull. Unfortunately the Norwegian Rowing Federation boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980, so the brothers were unable to defend their Olympic title. Frank officially retired after the Moscow Olympics. Alf continued his career with a new partner and won gold, then silver at the world championships together with Rolf Thorsen in 1982 and 1983. He further won a silver medal in the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988^[2] and ended his professional career after the worlds in 1991 at the age of 43.^[3]

Hansen was awarded the Thomas Keller Medal in 1990. The medal is given by the International Rowing Federation (FISA) for an outstanding international career in the sport of rowing as well as exemplary sportsmanship. It is the highest honor in rowing.^[4]

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