Aage Torstein Wetterland Steen (January 15, 1900 – February 28, 1982) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. At the Olympics he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the welterweight class after losing his fight to the eventual gold medalist

Bert Schneider Berton "Bert" Jerome Schneider (May 5, 1933December 12, 2011) was an American film and television producer. He was responsible for several topical films of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the road film ''Easy Rider'' (1969), directed ...

. He was born in

Vadsø Vadsø (; sme, Čáhcesuolu; fkv, Vesisaari) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vadsø, which was the administrative centre of the former Finnmark county. Other ...

. He moved to

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, training under the British coach Arbuckle in the

SK Brage Sportsklubben Brage is a defunct Norway, Norwegian multi-sports club from Trondheim. History It was founded on 24 March 1907. its sports included football, athletics, boxing and Nordic skiing. It was disbanded in 2009. Athletics Arne Halse won ...

sports club. In the spring of 1920 he became Norwegian champion in welterweight, and was named as a part of the Norwegian Olympic boxing squad. Before the Olympics, most of the squad faced each other in exhibition matches at

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. Steen beat Trygve Stokstad before fighting middleweight Rolf Jacobsen. At the Olympics he defeated Dario Della Valle (Italy) in the round of 32 and then Henn Richards (France) in the round of 16. In the quarter-final Steen lost to Bert Schneider (Canada).

P. Chr. Andersen Peder Christian Andersen, often shortened to P. Chr. Andersen (5 April 1892 – 12 March 1964) was a Norwegian sports official and journalist. He was born in Sagene as a son of a weaver. He finished middle school in 1909, and was employed in the ...

reported for ''

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'' that Schneider's victory was "a much disputed decision". This was later expanded upon by ''

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''. First, Della Valle came on the defensive after four left jabs in the first round, whereas Richards could not withstand a couple of right hooks in the third round. "Steen safely took the first round home, whereas the second and third were tighter, and the victory was obviously Steen's, but what happens then; the referees acknowledge Schneider, who absolutely had the lower hand, as the victor. The audience protested vividly, but to what end, the referees' decision is unassailable". In 1921 Steen won the King's Cup, as the best boxer across all weight classes at the Norwegian championships. Steen spent his working career in

Namsos ( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...

. Representing the Namsos sports club, he won the silver medal in middleweight at the 1930 Norwegian championships and thereafter vowed to retire.

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* (incomplete) {{DEFAULTSORT:Steen, Aage 1900 births 1982 deaths People from Vadsø People from Namsos Norwegian male boxers Welterweight boxers Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers of Norway Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Troms og Finnmark