Stig Kleven (born 12 January 1967) is a Norwegian

sport wrestler Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic, collegiate, scholastic, and other levels. There are two international wrestling styles performed at the Olympic Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman, both of which are governed by t ...

. His achievements include a fourth place at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

, a sixth place at the world championships, a bronze medal at the European championships, one Nordic title, and eleven Norwegian titles.

Personal life

Kleven was born in

Notodden is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, G ...

on 12 January 1967.

Career

Kleven represented the clubs

SK Snøgg Sportsklubben Snøgg is a Norway, Norwegian multi-sports club from Notodden. It was founded on 5 March 1905. The men's football team played in the highest league for the 1951–52 Norwegian Main League, 1951–52 season. After the 1999 season, the ...

(Tønsberg),

IF Urædd IF Urædd is a Norwegian sports club from Porsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and spe ...

(Porsgrunn), Sportsklubben av 09 (Oslo), and

Kolbotn IL Kolbotn Idrettslag is a sports club from Kolbotn, Norway. Since 1960, the club has been organized in semi-autonomous sub-sections. The club runs basketball, amateur wrestling, association football, sport gymnastics, disabled sports, handball, o ...

. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he placed 4th in

Greco-Roman wrestling Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ...

. He became Nordic champion in 1988. He placed sixth at the

1994 World Wrestling Championships The following is the final results of the 1994 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Istanbul, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Tampere, Finland and Women's competition were held in Sofia, Bulgari ...

. He won a bronze medal at the

1994 European Wrestling Championships The 1994 European Wrestling Championships were held in the Greco-Romane in Athens 15 – 18 April 1994; the men's Freestyle style in Rome 8 – 11 April 1994. Medal table Medal summary Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman References External ...

in Athens. He won a total of eleven national titles as senior, between 1986 and 1997. He was awarded the King’s Cup in 1995.

References

External links

* 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Notodden Olympic wrestlers for Norway Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub