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Oslo Kajakklubb is a sports club from Oslo , Norway .
Established on 1 March 1931, its only sport is canoe racing . It is based at Bestumkilen outside of Skøyen , sharing the locality with the rowing club Bestumkilen RK . Member-wise, the club languished under the 1000 mark until the early 2000s, when membership was more than doubled. Among its 2,200 members in 2012, 40% were female.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Well-known members include 1936 Olympian Ivar Iversen ,[ 4] 1948 Olympic bronze medallist Eivind Skabo ,[ 5] 1976 Olympian Morten Opsahl ,[ 6] 1984 Olympian Finn Borchgrevink ,[ 7] and 2000 Olympic gold medallist Knut Holmann .[ 8]
Among its head coaches are Tom Selvik .[ 9] Among its chairmen of the board are Gerhard Aspheim .[ 10] At times, the club has also had the chair and vice chair of the Norwegian Canoe Association , such as in 1961 with Reidar Webster and Ivar Iversen respectively.[ 11]
^ Olaussen, Lise Merete (3 July 2007). "Kajakfeberen herjer". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). p. 10.
^ Bjørhovde, Hilde (12 June 2012). "Helse i hvert padletak". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). pp. 24–25.
^ Tvedt, Knut Are; Reisegg, Øyvind, eds. (2000). "Oslo Kajakklubb". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 238.
^ "Ivar Iversen" . Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019 .
^ "Eivind Skabo" . Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019 .
^ "Morten Opsahl" . Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019 .
^ "Finn Borchgrevink" . Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2019 .
^ Bryhn, Rolf. "Knut Holmann" . Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 March 2009 .
^ Nilsen, Jorunn (4 June 2008). "Landets beste padlere". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 19.
^ "75 år 27. september: Gerhard Aspheim" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 7 September 2005.
^ "Norges Kajakkforbund". Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). 20 December 1961. p. 14.