Thea Helseth

Thea Helseth
Personal information
Born (1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 28)
Ålesund, Norway
Sport
SportRowing
ClubAalesund Roklub
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Norway
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Szeged Double sculls

Thea Helseth (born 10 June 1996) is a Norwegian competitive rower. Her achievements include winning several national titles, and a gold medal in double scull at the 2024 European Rowing Championships.

Personal life

Helseth was born in Ålesund on 10 June 1996.[1] She is a sister of Olympic rower Martin Helseth.[2]

Career

Helseth has won several national titles in single scull, in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.[3]

She won a gold medal in double scull at the 2024 European Rowing Championships, along with Inger Kavlie.[4] Along with Kavlie she won the double scull overall World Rowing Cup in the 2024 season.[5]

She qualified and was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6] Along with inger Kavlie, she placed sixth in double sculls at the Olympics.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Thea Helseth". olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Martin Helseth". olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn (18 June 2024). "roing (norgesmestere i singlesculler)". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Helseth og Kavlie tok historisk EM-gull – trener jubler over "OL-nivå"" (in Norwegian). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Helseth og Kavlie vant verdenscupen i dobbeltsculler sammenlagt". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 16 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ^ "16 utøvere tatt ut i første uttak til OL og Paralympics i Paris" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Olympiatoppen. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Endte sist i OL-finalen - vurderer å legge opp: – Mye som skal på plass". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.


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