Sverre Løken

Olympic athlete

1960 –

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Who is Sverre Løken?

Sverre Løken is a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist.

He received a bronze medal in coxless pairs at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, together with Hans Magnus Grepperud. He also won the coxless pair World Championship gold at the 1982 event in Luzerne, Switzerland.

After his athletic career, he trained as a physician, specializing in both general and orthopedic surgery. He is currently practicing sports medicine and is regarded as one of Norway's premier specialists on sports injuries. He works and researches at the Center of Sports Injury Research at the Oslo University Hospital. Løken defended his PhD thesis on the subject of knee cartilage injuries in 2010.

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Born
Jul 27, 1960

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on July 23, 2013

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