Åge Storhaug (5 April 1938 – 18 April 2012) was a Norwegian

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. He was born in

Klepp Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, ...

and represented the club

Klepp IL Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering. Best known for t ...

. He participated at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

and at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. He won several Norwegian championships and Nordic championships. He coached the Norwegian national gymnastics team from 1973 to 1983. He also participated in athletics, and had decent results in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

and hurdles. He died in 2012. He was a brother of politician

Lars Storhaug Lars Storhaug (born 28 September 1935) is a Norwegian farmer and politician. Biography Storhaug was born in Klepp to farmers Lars Storhaug Sr. (1898–1977) and Borghild née Skadsem (1914–2000). He was elected representative to the ...

Works

*''Med helskru!'' (1966)

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* 1938 births 2012 deaths People from Klepp Norwegian male artistic gymnasts Norwegian sports coaches Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Norway Sportspeople from Rogaland 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub