Harald Kråkenes (8 July 1926 – 14 November 2004) was a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in the men's eight at the

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, as a member of the Norwegian team.Profile: Harald Kråkenes
''sports-reference.com'' (Retrieved on 10 December 2008) His brother

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was a member of the same Olympic bronze team. His brother

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is also a competition rower, who participated in the 1952 and 1960 Olympic games. Kråkenes won a bronze medal in coxless four at the 1949 European championships. He participated in ''fours'' at the

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, and in ''double sculls'' at the

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Personal life

Kråkenes was born in

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on 8 July 1926. He was a brother of

Sverre Kråkenes Sverre Kråkenes (born 11 March 1931) is a Norwegian Rowing (sport), competition rower. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. His brothers Harald Kråkenes, Harald and Thorstein Kråkenes, Thorstein are also Olymp ...

, and a brother of Thorstein Kråkenes. He died in

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on 14 November 2004.

References

1926 births 2004 deaths Norwegian male rowers Olympic rowers for Norway Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub