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| Born | Rolf Bernt Thorsen (1961-02-22)22 February 1961 (age 64) Zürich, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Horten RK[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rolf Bernt Thorsen (born 22 February 1961) is a Norwegian formercompetition rower, world champion and Olympic medalist. He is a recipient of theMorgenbladet Gold Medal and theThomas Keller Medal. Outside sports, he has assumed various leading administrative positions in the construction business.
Thorsen was born inZürich, Switzerland, on 22 February 1961, and is a brother ofEspen Thorsen.[2][3]
Thorsen received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul, together withAlf Hansen,Vetle Vinje, andLars Bjønness.[4] He also received a silver medal in quadruple sculls at the1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, together withKjetil Undset,Per Sætersdal, and Lars Bjønness.[5] Thorsen is three times world champion in double sculls. In 1982 together with Alf Hansen, in 1989 with Lars Bjønness, and again in 1994 with Lars Bjønness.[1]
Thorsen has been president for theNorwegian Rowing Federation in the period from 2000 to 2010,[1] and also a board member ofSærforbundenes Fellesorganisasjon.
He was awarded theMorgenbladet Gold Medal in 1989, and theThomas Keller Medal in 1996.[1]
A construction engineer by education, Thorsen was managing director ofNCC Property Development, a majorcommercial propertydeveloper across the Nordics from 2007 to 2014. 2014–2019 he was managing director for Oslo S Utvikling AS, a major developer of commercial and residential property in Norway.[1] 2019–2021 he was CEO for the listed (Oslo Børs) residential developer Selvaag Bolig ASA.Thorsen is CEO of the Norwegian real estate company Polaris Eiendom AS.
Thorsen was one of the founding fathers of The Norwegian Green Building Council, that created and owns a nationised version of the environmental certification scheme BREEAM (BREEAM-NOR), and he headed the organisation as chair of the board of directors for 5 years (2014 - 2019).Thorsen is member of the board of directors at NP Bygg AS, Agaia AS and theNorwegian National Opera and Ballet.
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