Background
He was born in Oslo and represented the club Oslo Bryteklubb.
He was born in Oslo and represented the club Oslo Bryteklubb.
He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he placed tied tenth in Greco-Roman wrestling, the middleweight class. He is a brother of wrestler Harald Barlie. He an uncle of Ine Barlie and Mette Barlie and granduncle of Lene Barlie, all wrestlers.