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Stig-André Berge
	Berge at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Norway
Born	20 July 1983 (age 41); Oslo, Norway
Education	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Wrestling
Event	Greco-Roman
Club	Oslo Bryteklubb
Coached by	Jimmy Lidberg; Fritz Aanes
Medal record
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Stig-André Berge (born 20 July 1983) is a Norwegian Greco-Roman wrestling coach and former wrestler, who competed in the categories between 59–63 kg. He is a three-time Olympian and won a bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3] Berge is also a World Championships bronze medallist and three-time European Championships silver medallist.^[2]^[4]

Berge retired from wrestling after the 2021 World Championships.^[5] Following his retirement, he coached the Norwegian national wrestling team together with Fritz Aanes.^[6]

Early life

Berge was born in Oslo on 20 July 1983. He began wrestling at the age of five.^[7]

Career

Berge made his senior international championship debut at the 2001 European Championships in Istanbul.^[8] He won his first senior international medal when he placed second in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg event at the 2007 European Championships in Sofia.^[8] He made his Olympic Games debut in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[9] Berge represented Norway at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he placed 13th in the men's Greco-Roman 60 kg event.^[9] He won a bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg event at the 2014 World Championships in Tashkent.^[10]

Berge won one of the bronze medals in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, becoming the first Norwegian since 1992 to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.^[11] He won a silver medal in the men's Greco-Roman 63 kg event at the 2018 European Championships in Kaspiysk and 2019 European Championships in Bucharest.^[10] Following the 2021 World Championships in Oslo, Berge retired as an active wrestler.^[5] He later coached the Norwegian national wrestling team with Fritz Aanes until November 2022.^[6]

Television appearances

Berge was among the participants in the 14th season of Mesternes Mester, a NRK series which sees former competitive Norwegian athletes compete in various exercises to earn the title "Master of Masters". He was chosen by Linn Jørum Sulland to take part in the second night test of the season, falling short to the former handball player.^[12]

Berge took part in the 19th season of Skal vi danse, the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, alongside professional dancer Norunn Ringvoll.^[13] The pair finished fifth.^[14]

Summary
Week no.	Dance	Song	Judges' scores	Total	Result
1	Jive	"Take on Me"	6 + 6 + 5	17	No elimination
2	Argentine tango	"Legend"	6 + 7 + 5	18	Doubt
3	Modern	"Another Love"	9 + 10 + 9	28	Safe
4	Pasodoble	"Eye of the Tiger"	8 + 8 + 8	24	Safe
5	Boogie-woogie	"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"	9 + 7 + 9	26	Safe
6	Salsa	"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	7 + 7 + 6	20	Safe
7	Quickstep	"From Now On"	8 + 8 + 8	24	Doubt
8	Foxtrot	"All of Me"	9 + 9 + 8	26	Safe
9	Tango	"Belle"	8 + 9 + 9	26	Duel - eliminated

Personal life

Berge is married to fellow former wrestler Rosell Utne.^[15]^[16] His father Bjørn Berge is a former junior national champion in wrestling.^[17] Berge's mother died of cancer in 2016.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Stig André Berge". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stig-Andre Berge. nbcolympics.com
^ Etchells, Daniel (14 August 2016). "Russia's Vlasov wins Rio 2016 Olympic gold in Greco-Roman wrestling". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ Tombra, Fredrik; Stenberg, Morten (9 October 2021). "Berge tok emosjonelt farvel som bryter". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Jarlsbo, Øystein (20 September 2021). "Stig-André Berge om fremtiden: – Skremmende". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Opsahl, Per (17 November 2022). "Fritz Aanes og Stig-André Berge ferdige som trenere for brytelandslaget". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "En bryter som aldri skrus av". Sulland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Opsahl, Per; Boge-Fredriksen, Hans Christian (9 October 2021). "Karrieren til Stig-André Berge er over: – Som en enorm kjærlighetssorg". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Brakstad, Thomas; Bårtvedt, Hans Henrik (22 April 2016). "Stig André Berge klar for OL". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b Bugge, Mette Bugge (8 June 2020). "Stig-André Berge klar for ny OL-satsing". iTromsø (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ Skjerdingstad, Anders; Tahir, Ali Iqbal; Skjellum, Hanne (14 August 2016). "Stig André Berge med OL-bronse: – Det er som gull for meg". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ AS, TV 2 (13 January 2023). "Ute som nummer to:- Innfridde ikke favorittstempelet". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ AS, TV 2 (8 August 2023). "Dette er årets "Skal vi danse"-deltakere". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Stig-André Berge (40) ute av "Skal vi danse": – Det har vært helt ellevilt". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
^ Askvik, Lise (6 September 2018). "Stig-André Berge og Rosell Utne: – Klinte i hemmelighet inne på vektrommet". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ Stig André Berge og kona om den nye hverdagen (in Norwegian), retrieved 14 October 2023
^ Gundersen, Ove. "Stig-André Berge". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2023.