I’ve just seen his scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings, which I found really, really interesting when I was a kid. I loved reading about it all and finding out how successful he was.
He was in the Norwegian national team, he was Norwegian champion in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, six years on the bounce. He was also competing for Norway in the European Championships and at major tournaments. He never got medals on those biggest stages, but nevertheless he was an absolutely massive inspiration for me.
By the time I was born, he’d finished wrestling – thinking about it, maybe I was the reason he finished!