Kjetil Borch

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Kjetil Borch
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Borch (right) with Olaf Tufte in 2016
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 31)
Tønsberg, Norway
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportRowing
Event(s)Single sculls
ClubHorten RK
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chungju Double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2018 Plovdiv Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Single sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Poznan Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Varese Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Seville Double sculls

Kjetil Borch (born 14 February 1990) is a Norwegian representative rower. He is a dual Olympian, an Olympic medallist and a two-time world champion. He has been selected as a 2021 Tokyo Olympian and is expected to make his third Olympic appearance racing the single scull for Norway.

Rowing career[]

Born in Tønsberg, Norway Borch began rowing in 2001, before taking a break and then starting again in 2004.[1] He rows from the Horten Roklubb on the Oslofjord near Tonsberg. Borch made his national representative debut for Norway in a quad scull at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Beijing in 2007 [1] and then rowed in a double scull at 2008 World Junior Championships.[1] In 2009 he finished third in the double scull at the World Rowing U23 Championships with Truls Albert in bow seat.

In 2010 he moved into the Norwegian senior men's squad and teamed up with Nils Jakob Hoff. They placed fourth in the double sculls event at the 2010 World Rowing Championships.[1] They stuck together throughout 2011 and 2012 finishing in overall seventh place at the 2012 London Olympics before finally topping the podium with a gold medal win and world championship success at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju.[1]

After a tenth placing with Hoff at the 2014 World Championships[1] and a twelfth placing at the 2015 World Championships[1] Borch paired up with five time Olympian Olaf Tufte who was vying for his sixth. They lifted their ranking throughout 2016, qualified for the Rio Olympics at the final European qualification regatta and ultimately won a bronze medal in the men's double sculls in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Borch rowed on with Tufte in 2017 and they placed fifth at the 2017 World Rowing Championships[1] but in 2018 he moved into the single scull. He won gold at the 2018 European Championships and a month later won his second world championship title in the men's single sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[1] He took bronze in the single at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and the 2020 European Championships.[1] He qualified the single scull for Norway for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics based on 2019 performances, and as of June 2021 has been selected in the Norwegian squad and is expected to race the single scull event.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Kjetil BORCH". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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