Career
Amundsen"s younger brother Harald competed as a sprint canoer in the 1980s.
Amundsen"s younger brother Harald competed as a sprint canoer in the 1980s.
He won the gold medal on K4 1000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City (with Egil Søby, Tore Berger and January Johansen), and earned a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich on the same distance. Amundsen also won two gold medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the International Coach Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 1970 and 1975.
He was a member of Bærum KK.