BORCH Kjetil

Date of Birth: 14 Feb 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.93/6'3''

Place of birth: TONSBERG

Birth Country:

Norway

Place of residence : HORTEN

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Single Sculls	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Heat 1 #1	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal 1 #67	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Semifinal A/B 1 #107	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Final A #128	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	2x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3
2012	London, GBR	7

World Championships

Year	Location	1x	2x
2019	Linz, AUT	3	-
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	1	-
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	5
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	12
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	10
2013	Chungju, KOR	-	1
2011	Bled, SLO	-	8
2010	Hamilton, NZL	-	4

European Championships

Year	Location	1x
2021	Varese, ITA	6
2020	Poznan, POL	3
2019	Lucerne, SUI	9
2018	Glasgow, GBR	1

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Single Sculls	2021	Sabaudia, ITA	6:39.12
2	Single Sculls	2021	Zagreb, CRO	6:54.29
2	Single Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:24.93
2	Double Sculls	2017	Poznan, POL	6:10.27
3	Single Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	6:54.09
4	Single Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	6:51.69
6	Single Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	7:27.31
9	Single Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	6:51.11
12	Double Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	DNS

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Maritime Studies - University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Languages spoken:

English, Norwegian

Horten RK [Norway]

Johan Flodin [national], SWE

In November 2019 he had an operation on his sinuses. (aftenposten.no, 25 Nov 2019)

In May 2019 he sustained an injury to his left arm and was unable to train for a few weeks. (bt.no, 26 May 2019)

He had surgery on his knee three times between December 2017 and January 2019. (vg.no, 04 Jan 2019; dagbladet.no, 16 Sep 2018)

He required an operation on his elbow in 2017. (vg.no, 04 Jan 2019)

He began rowing at age 13. (redbull.com, 01 Oct 2018; rokurs.no, 01 Jan 2017)

One of his friends asked him to join the local rowing club and he decided to go along. At the time he already tried handball and kickboxing. "I'm a rower because it's all about power, patience and strategy." (redbull.com, 01 Oct 2018)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (qicraft.no, 09 Dec 2019)

Norwegian Para rower Birgit Skarstein. (olympiatoppen.no, 01 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"Dare to feel the fear and failure. Let it be a constructive force that sharpens your workout and fuels your eagerness to develop yourself." (qicraft.no, 09 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
LIFE LESSON
He won gold in single sculls at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, just nine months after undergoing surgery on his knee. "I have learned that if you really want something and you are able to take away reality and start to dream a bit, you can see that there are possibilities. At the same time, it's not easy if your goal is a long way into the future and you're not sure how you can achieve it." (dagbladet.no, 16 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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