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Olaf Tufte, an Olympic rower who competed in seven Olympic Games<\/a> for Norway, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 50.<\/p>\n

Tufte competed at his first Olympics in 1996 when the Games were held in Atlanta. He first competed in the men\u2019s coxless four before he moved into single and double sculls \u2013 where he found most of his success on the world stage.<\/p>\n

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He won gold medals<\/a> in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in single sculls. He took home a silver medal in the 2000 Olympics in double sculls and a bronze in 2016 in double sculls. He made a seventh Olympic appearance in 2021 when the Games were held in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Tufte was found unconscious at his family farm on Monday, Reuters reported, citing a statement in Norwegian media.<\/p>\n

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“Medical personnel arrived quickly at the scene and \u200blife-saving first aid was initiated \u200bbefore \u2060Tufte was airlifted to hospital for further treatment,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“There were no \u2060witnesses \u200bto the incident and \u200bno suspicion of a workplace accident.”<\/p>\n

German Olympic star<\/a> Jason Osborne was among those who reacted to word of Tufte\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

“I remember watching you as a kid and winning in Beijing,” he said, via Olympics.com<\/a>. “This was my motivation to start my rowing career! You were and will always be a true inspiration! R.I.P champion.”<\/p>\n

Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re told Norwegian media that the decorated rower “brought enormous athletic joy to us as a nation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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