Andreas Georg Gjersøe (sometimes shown as Andreas Gjersø, born 6 August 1976 in
Bærum
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) is a
Norwegian sprint canoer
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who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. He finished fifth in the
K-4 1000 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
in
Athens
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and won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the
1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1998 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Szeged, Hungary.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak
]
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in
Szeged
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.
He is 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lb).
References
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1976 births
Living people
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Norwegian male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Norway
Sportspeople from Bærum
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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