Arne Sletsjøe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Arne Sletsjøe

Norwegian canoeist

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1960

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: mathematician, canoeist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Arne Sletsjøe

  • Arne Bernhard Sletsjøe (sometimes shown as Arne Slettsjø, born 8 April 1960) is a Norwegian mathematician and retired sprint canoer who competed internationally in the mid to late 1980s. He won two medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold in 1987 and a silver in 1983.
  • Sletsjøe also competed in two Summer Olympics in the K-4 1000 m event.
  • At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the semifinals.
  • Four years later in Seoul, Sletsjøe and his teammates made the semifinals, but did not finish.
  • Sletsjøe later served as president of the Norwegian Canoe/ Kayak Federation. He finished his secondary education at Oslo Cathedral School in 1977, graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.real.
  • degree in 1983 and took the doctorate in 1989.
  • His academic advisor was Arnfinn Laudal.
  • Sletsjøe still works at the University as an associate professor, having started out as a research fellow.He is a son of violist Arne Sletsjøe.
  • He is married to Ingeborg Rasmussen, has two children and resides at Jar.

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