Sverre Kråkenes (born 11 March 1931) is a Norwegian competition rower. He competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

and the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. His brothers

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and

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are also Olympic competition rowers. Kråkenes won nine national titles in single sculls, in 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1961.

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* 1931 births Living people Norwegian male rowers Olympic rowers for Norway Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-rowing-bio-stub