Ole "Lukkøye" Klemetsen (born 30 August 1971 in Stavanger, Norway) is a retired Norwegian

Norway

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 boxer in the Light Heavyweight

Light heavyweight

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 division. He was nicknamed "Mister Sandman

Sandman

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" and the "Golden Viking

Viking

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Amateur

He medaled twice at international events and represented Norway at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Pro

As a pro he fought in Denmark as a light-heavyweight where he was a feared puncher with a vulnerable chin. He was European EBU Light Heavyweight champion.
His professional record is 45 victories and 6 losses. He won the (lightly regarded) titles, IBC Light Heavyweight and IBA Light Heavyweight.
His most notable bout was a 1998 IBF title challenge, where he was outpointed by Reggie Johnson.

Klemetsen retired after a bout which resulted in a loss against Thomas Hansvoll on June 16, 2001.

He featured in a documentary «Blod & Ære» that won an award at Grimstad Kortfilmfestival 2008.

He is currently a coach at the Martial Arts Institute in Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

. In 2005 he joined the party list of Demokratene

Demokratene

The Democrats in Norway , formerly and commonly known as the Democrats, is a Norwegian political party. The party was formed in 2002, chiefly by former Progress Party members. It is led by Vidar Kleppe, a former Deputy Leader and Member of Parliament for the Progress Party...

 in an effort to secure a Parliament seat for Jan Simonsen

Jan Simonsen

Jan Simonsen is a Norwegian writer, freelance journalist and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1989 until 2005. He was elected with the Progress Party, until being excluded in 2001. From 2003 to 2004 he was vice chairman of the newly founded Democrats.Since then he has largely...

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