Åge Storhaug
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Åge Storhaug is a Norwegian gymnast
who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
He was born in Klepp
and represented the club Klepp IL
. He participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics
and at the 1964 Summer Olympics
. He won several Norwegian championships and Nordic championships. He coached the Norwegian national team from 1973 to 1983.
He also participated in athletics, and had decent results in the pole vault
and hurdles.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
He was born in Klepp
Klepp
Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The parish of Klep was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....
and represented the club Klepp IL
Klepp IL
Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering....
. He participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
and at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...
. He won several Norwegian championships and Nordic championships. He coached the Norwegian national team from 1973 to 1983.
He also participated in athletics, and had decent results in the pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
and hurdles.