Sverre Helgesen
Sverre Helgesen (26 May 1903 – 4 November 1981) was a Norwegian high jumper, sports official and journalist.[1] He was born in Bodø and died in Oslo.[2] He represented the sports club Bodø og Omegns IF, then IK Tjalve after moving to Oslo. When Norwegian athletics was split in a bourgeois camp and a Workers' Confederation of Sports, Helgesen eventually chose to move to the workers' club IF Rollo.[3] His personal best jump was 1.91 metres (6 ft 3 in), achieved in September 1925 in Moss.[4] This was a Norwegian record at the time.[3] At the 1924 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.83 metres (6 ft 0 in).[2] He became Norwegian champion in 1926 with a tied championship record of 1.90 metres (6 ft 3 in). He also won national silver medals in 1924 and 1925.[5] In the standing high jump he won a bronze medal in 1923, silver in 1928 and gold in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927.[6] After joining the workers' movement he won the high jump at the 1928 Spartakiad.[3] Besides active sports he was sports editor of Arbeiderbladet from 1928 to 1973.[3] He was a board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1945 through 1948.[7] He was also a jury member for awarding the Egebergs Ærespris.[8]
References
- ↑ "Sverre Helgesen". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Sverre Helgesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Høyde uten Tilløp/Standing High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Sentralstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Fire Egeberg-kandidater". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 1 December 1949. p. 11.
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