Erik Bjørkum (born 26 February 1965) is a Norwegian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

and Olympic medallist, born in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

. He received a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman class at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

, together with

Ole Petter Pollen Ole Petter Pollen (born 16 September 1966) is a Norwegian sailing (sport), sailor, world champion in Europe (dinghy) and Olympic medalist in Flying Dutchman (dinghy), Flying Dutchman. Sailing career Pollen became Europe World Championships, Wor ...

.Profile: Erik Bjørkum
''sports-reference.com'' (Retrieved on 13 December 2008) Bjørkum and Pollen won a silver medal at the 1988 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 1989

Flying Dutchman World Championship The Flying Dutchman World Championship, also known as FD Worlds, are international sailing regattas in the Flying Dutchman class organized by the International Flying Dutchman Class Organization since 1956 and recognised by World Sailing. The S ...

. Bjørkum resides at

Høvik Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Viken, Norway, in the Oslo metropolitan area. Mainly a residential area, its population (2005) is 4,311. It is normal to divide Høvik into two parts; Nedre (lower) and Øvre (upper). Hø ...

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* * * 1965 births Living people Norwegian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bærum People from Sandefjord {{Norway-yachtracing-bio-stub