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Born | Sandefjord | 26 February 1965||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
Class | Flying Dutchman | ||||||||||||||
Club | Sandefjord Seilforening [1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Erik Bjørkum (born 26 February 1965) is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medallist, born in Sandefjord. He received a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Ole Petter Pollen. [2] [3] Bjørkum and Pollen won a silver medal at the 1988 European Championships, and a bronze medal at the 1989 Flying Dutchman World Championship. [1]
Bjørkum resides at Høvik.