Tore Hem (born 12 November 1944) is a retired 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 ...

who competed in three Summer Olympics. He was born in

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, and represented the sports club SK av 1909. He competed mostly in the heavyweight class, but sometimes in the light-heavyweight class. At the World Championships he finished fifth in

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

and fourth in

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. At the European Championships he finished sixth in

, won a silver in

, finished fifth in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

and sixth in

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. At the Olympics he finished fifth in

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 ...

(light-heavyweight), sixth in

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, ...

(heavyweight) and fifth in

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(heavyweight). He competed in freestyle once, at the

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, where he withdrew after round one. He took twenty Norwegian national titles between 1965 and 1991, which is a Norwegian record.

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* 1944 births Living people Sport wrestlers from Oslo Heavyweight boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Wrestlers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Norwegian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Norway 21st-century Norwegian people 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-wrestling-bio-stub