Mads Sandbækken

Mads Sandbækken, born on 2 July 1987, is a Norwegian ten-pin bowler from Asker who represented Ringerike BK from the 2014/2015 season, after earlier playing for Frogner BK. After his breakthrough in 2004/2005 he was one of the leading male bowlers in Europe. He has won five King's Cups individually and gold at the under-23 world championships, and in July 2007 he became the youngest bowler ever to win gold at the senior European championships, which brought a nomination at the Norwegian sports gala. Four years later he won the European all events title and silver in the masters, and in 2013 he won individual silver for Norway at the World Games. His last championship for Norway was the 2015 European Championships in Aalborg.