Fritz Aanes

Fritz Aanes
	Aanes at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships
Personal information
Born	20 July 1978 (age 46); Narvik, Norway
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	Narvik Atletklubb
Medal record
Representing Norway
Nordic Championships

Fritz Aanes (born 20 July 1978) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestling coach, TV personality and former wrestler. He is a two-time Olympian and competed in the Greco-Roman 85 kg event at the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the Greco-Roman 84 kg event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is a Nordic Championships gold, two-time silver, and bronze medallist, and eight-time national champion.^[1]^[2]

Aanes placed fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone and was banned for 15 months.^[2]^[3] Aanes retired from competing in 2008.^[4] Following his retirement, he became part of the coaching staff of the Norwegian national wrestling team in 2013 and was head coach from 2017 to 2022.^[2]^[5] Aanes has also made appearances in Norwegian reality TV series and competitions.^[6]

References

^ Bouhlou, Nadina (2023-09-29). "– Jeg liker å være macho, ja". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c Joakimsen, Trygve Strand (3 July 2015). "Snakker om dopingsak for første gang". Tidens krav (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
^ "Armenian lifter, Norwegian wrestler test positive for drugs". Sports Illustrated. 30 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 22, 2001. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
^ Karlsen, Håvard (2008-08-08). "Valgte familien foran OL". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ Opsahl, Per (2022-11-17). "Fritz Aanes og Stig-André Berge ferdige som trenere for brytelandslaget". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-23.
^ Løland, Tuva Mathilde; Turøy, Henrik Ingebrethsen (2024-09-14). "«Vokteren»-Fritz fikk panikk: – Hjertet i halsen". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2024-09-23.