Fritz Aanes

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Fritz Aanes
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Aanes at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Born (1978-07-20) 20 July 1978 (age 46)
Narvik, Norway
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportWrestling
EventGreco-Roman
ClubNarvik Atletklubb
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Nordic Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Herning 96 kg
Silver medal – second place 1998 Vaajakoski 85 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 Narvik 96 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Eslöv 96 kg

Fritz Aanes (born 20 July 1978) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestling coach, TV personality and former wrestler. He is a two-time Olympian and competed in the Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the Greco-Roman 84 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is a Nordic Championships gold, two-time silver, and bronze medallist, and eight-time national champion.[1][2] Aanes placed fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone and was banned for 15 months.[2][3] Aanes retired from competing in 2008.[4] Following his retirement, he became part of the coaching staff of the Norwegian national wrestling team in 2013 and was head coach from 2017 to 2022.[2][5] Aanes has also made appearances in Norwegian reality TV series and competitions.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Bouhlou, Nadina (2023-09-29). "– Jeg liker å være macho, ja". Dagens Næringsliv (in norsk). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joakimsen, Trygve Strand (3 July 2015). "Snakker om dopingsak for første gang". Tidens krav (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-04-14.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ "Armenian lifter, Norwegian wrestler test positive for drugs". Sports Illustrated. 30 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 22, 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Karlsen, Håvard (2008-08-08). "Valgte familien foran OL". NRK (in norsk bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  5. ↑ Opsahl, Per (2022-11-17). "Fritz Aanes og Stig-André Berge ferdige som trenere for brytelandslaget". VG (in norsk). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  6. ↑ Løland, Tuva Mathilde; Turøy, Henrik Ingebrethsen (2024-09-14). "«Vokteren»-Fritz fikk panikk: – Hjertet i halsen". Nettavisen (in norsk). Retrieved 2024-09-23.

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