Olympic rowing legend Olaf Tufte dead at 50

Olaf Tufte, an Olympic rower who competed in seven Olympic Games for Norway, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 50.

Tufte competed at his first Olympics in 1996 when the Games were held in Atlanta. He first competed in the men’s coxless four before he moved into single and double sculls – where he found most of his success on the world stage.

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He won gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in single sculls.