Arne Gilje
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Arne Gilje is a Norwegian competition rower
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 and twice World Champion.

He won a gold medal in lightweight double sculls at the 1978 World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...

 in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
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, together with Pål Børnick
Pål Børnick
Pål Børnick is a Norwegian competition rower and twice World Champion.He received a silver medal in lightweight coxless fours at the 1976 World Rowing Championships in Villach, Austria...

. While the main championship was held in Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

, New Zealand, the lightweight championship was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Gilje and Børnick won a second gold medal in lightweight double sculls at the 1979 World Championships in Lake Bled
Lake Bled
Lake Bled is a glacial lake in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, where it adjoins the town of Bled. The area is a popular tourist destination.-Geography and history:...

, Yugoslavia.

Gilje was national champion in lightweight single sculls in 1979.
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