Sturla Torkildsen Explained

Sturla Torkildsen
Fullname:Sturla Andreas Blanck Torkildsen
Birth Date:18 July 1981
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Weight:850NaN0
Weapon:Épée
Hand:left-handed
Club:Njård
Fieranking:current ranking
Show-Medals:yes

Sturla Andreas Blanck Torkildsen (born 18 July 1981 in Oslo) is a Norwegian épée fencer.[1] Torkildsen represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's individual épée event. He first defeated Venezuela's Wolfgang Mejías in the preliminary round of sixty-four, before losing out his next match to Italy's Matteo Tagliariol, with a score of 10–15.[2]

Torkildsen is a member of Njård, a local fencing club in Oslo, and is also a graduate of law at the University of Oslo.

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  1. Sturla Torkildsen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/sturla-torkildsen-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 28 December 2012.
  2. Web site: Men's Individual Épée – Round of 32. NBC Olympics. 28 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120820214512/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/fencing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DFEM002500/index.html. 20 August 2012.