Stig Kleven
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1967 Notodden, Norway | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
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Stig Kleven (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian sport wrestler.
His achievements include a fourth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics, a sixth place at the world championships, a bronze medal at the European championships, one Nordic title, and eleven Norwegian titles.
Personal life
[edit]Kleven was born in Notodden on 12 January 1967.[1]
Career
[edit]Kleven represented the clubs SK Snøgg (Tønsberg), IF Urædd (Porsgrunn), Sportsklubben av 09 (Oslo), and Kolbotn IL.[1]
He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he placed 4th in Greco-Roman wrestling.[2] He became Nordic champion in 1988.[1]
He placed sixth at the 1994 World Wrestling Championships.[3][2] He won a bronze medal at the 1994 European Wrestling Championships in Athens.[1]
He won a total of eleven national titles as senior, between 1986 and 1997.[1][4] He was awarded the King’s Cup in 1995.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Bryhn, Rolf. "Stig Arild Kleven". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Stig Kleven". olympedia.org. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Stig Kleven". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "NM medaljer & utmerkelser". nbfdatabase.p.digitalia.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Stig Kleven at the International Wrestling Database
- Stig Kleven at Olympedia
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