Morten Brekke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Morten Brekke

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1957

Place of Birth: Porsgrunn, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Morten Brekke

  • Morten Brekke (born 30 November 1957) is a Norwegian former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
  • He represented the club IF Urædd.
  • He has been wrestling since he was a kid, and he is therefore very dedicated as both wrestling and coach.
  • He has also received numerous prizes.
  • Norwegian Championship: 10 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze. Nordic Championship: 4 Gold He has also participated 7 European Championships, 6 World Championships and 2 Olympic Games.
  • His best result is probably 4th place at the World Championship in Budapest in 1986.
  • He was also extraordinary in the Olympic games in 1988 in Seoul.
  • He had four wins, and ended at a respectable 7th place.
  • He has been a coach ever since. He started wrestling at the age of 13, at the Herøya Wrestlingteam, along with a friend of him.
  • He had been doing several other sports earlier, like football and skijumping.
  • As a fifteen-year-old boy, he realized how much wrestling fascinated him, and he decided to go for wrestling.
  • He has now, after a long period of remarkable wrestling, become head coach for the Norwegian Wrestling Team.
  • Besides wrestling, he spends a lot of time with his family and his other job as a Police Officer in the Skien Police Department.
  • He hopes to continue to work with wrestling in 10 years, because wrestling will always be his passion.
  • For Morten, it is incredibly rewarding to help the wrestlers succeed in such a tough sport.

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