Olaf Tufte

Olaf Tufte
Tufte (left) with Kjetil Borch in 2016
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1976-04-27) 27 April 1976 (age 48)
Tønsberg, Norway
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportRowing
EventSingle sculls
ClubHorten RK
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing[1] Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lucerne Single sculls
Gold medal – first place 2003 Milan Single sculls
Silver medal – second place 2005 Gifu Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 1999 St. Catharines Double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville Single sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Munich Single sculls
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Poznan Single sculls

Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian rower, firefighter, and farmer. He is a seven-time Olympian, and as a single sculler he was twice the Olympic champion and twice the world champion. He has been consistently selected to the Norwegian men's senior national rowing squad since 1996, including his selection as a 2020 Tokyo Olympian – where he made his seventh Olympic appearance, racing in the men's quadruple sculls.[2]

  1. ^ "Rowing victory mined gold - Aftenposten.no". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Olympics-Rowing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.