Sverre Helgesen

Sverre Helgesen in 1924

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

  1. ^ "Sverre Helgesen". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b profile
  3. ^ a b c d "Sverre Helgesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Høyde uten Tilløp/Standing High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Sentralstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Fire Egeberg-kandidater". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 1 December 1949. p. 11.


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