Thorleif Andresen (14 February 1945 – 4 August 2022) was a Norwegian

cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

. Andresen was born in

Enebakk Enebakk is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Follo, Norway, Follo Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of K ...

on 14 February 1945, and was a younger brother of

Ørnulf Andresen Ørnulf Reidar Andresen (born 6 January 1944) is a Norwegian cyclist. He was born in Ski, and is a brother of Thorleif Andresen. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of ...

. He competed at the

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

and the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. He also won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1969 and 1971. In 1985 he was awarded ''Gullplaketten'' from the

Norwegian Cycling Federation The Norwegian Cycling Federation or NCF (In Norwegian: ''Norges Cykleforbund'') is the national governing body of cycle racing in Norway. The NCF is a member of the UCI and the UEC. See also * Norwegian Cyclists' Association, association ...

, their most prestigious award. He died in

Chiang Rai Chiang Rai (, ; , ) is the northernmost major city in Thailand, with a population of about 200,000 people. It is located in Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province. Chiang Rai was established as a capital city in the reign of King Ma ...

, Thailand on 4 August 2022.

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* 1945 births 2022 deaths Norwegian male cyclists People from Enebakk Cyclists from Akershus Olympic cyclists for Norway Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub