Fritz Aanes is a wrestler who has competed for Norway. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games. He finished fourth at the 2000 Olympic Games, but was disqualified a few days later after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone. He later became the national coach for the Norwegian wrestling federation from 2012.
At this appearance at the Olympic Games, he was the only Norwegian wrestler to compete in Sydney. He dominated his group, which included the African champion Amor Bach Hanba, scoring 25 technical points and 10 classification points, the highest of any competitor in his weight class. He was given a bye to the semifinals, just like his next opponent Sandor Istvan Bardosi. He lost this match with 1 against 4 technical points, and was left for the bout for bronze. In the bout for third place, against Mukhran Vakhtangadze, he was defeated with 0 against 4 technical points. His result was later nullified after testing positive for banned substances.
After sitting out his ban from the sport, he came back four years later as once again the only Norwegian wrestler, but was less successful than at his previous appearance. He came last in a group with Dimitrios Avramis and Behrouz Jamshidi, after losing 1 - 5 and 0 - 3 on technical points, respectively. The one who advanced from his group, Avramis, had to wrestle against Alexei Michine in the quarterfinals, who would eventually win the gold medal in the event.
Olympic Results[]
| Year | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg | DQ |
| 2004 | Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg | 15th |
2000[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greco-Roman 85 kg | Group stage |  Gotcha Tsitsiashvili
|
7 - 2 |
 Yuriy Vitt
|
6 - 1 | ||
 Amor Bach Hanba
|
12 - 0 | ||
| Quarterfinal | Bye | ||
| Semifinal |  Sandor Istvan Bardosi
|
1 - 4 | |
| 3rd place |  Mukhran Vakhtangadze
|
0 - 4 | |
2004[]
| Discipline | Stage | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greco-Roman 84 kg | Group stage |  Dimitrios Avramis
|
1 - 5 |
 Behrouz Jamshidi
|
0 - 3 | ||
| Quarterfinal | Did not advance | ||
| Semifinal | |||
| Final | |||