Thorvald Olsen

Thorvald Olsen
Born(1889-07-30)30 July 1889
Oslo, Norway
Died2 November 1938(1938-11-02) (aged 49)
Oslo, Norway

Thorvald Matheus "Torden" Olsen (30 July 1889 – 2 November 1938) was a Norwegian wrestler and sports official.[1]

He became the Norwegian champion in his weight class in 1912, 1914, 1915, and 1918. He became Nordic champion in 1918.[2] He represented the club IF Ørnulf. He also wrestled two bouts at the 1912 Olympic Games, both against Finns.[3]

Olsen was a board member of Arbeidernes Idrettsopposisjon from its inception in May 1922.[4] After the creation of the Workers' Confederation of Sports in 1924, Olsen became Norwegian workers' champion in wrestling in 1925, 1927 and 1928. He served as a board member of the Workers' Confederation of Sports from 1925 to 1927, a deputy board member from 1927 to 1928, and chairman from 1928 to 1931. He was responsible for arranging the Winter Spartakiad in 1928.[2]

IF Ørnulf was not a workers' sports club, thus Olsen resigned his membership.[5] He then set out to replace the distinguished wrestling club for union workers, Fagforeningenes IF, which had left the Workers' Confederation of Sports in 1926. Olsen founded a new club, Fagforeningenes IF av 1926, quickly achieving sporting success.[6] Olsen was also a wrestling coach in the club SK Sleipner.[7] Olsen died of a stroke in November 1938.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Thorvald Olsen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Friis, Jakob; Hegna, Trond; Juel, Dagfin, eds. (1935). "Olsen, Thorvald". Arbeidernes Leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 5. Oslo: Arbeidermagasinets Forlag. p. 787.
  3. ^ "Thorvald Olsen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  4. ^ Larsen, Petter (1979). Med AIF-stjerna på brystet (in Norwegian). Oslo: Tiden. p. 17. ISBN 82-10-01853-1.
  5. ^ Larsen, 1979: p. 268
  6. ^ Larsen, 1979: pp. 161–162
  7. ^ Larsen, 1979: p. 252
  8. ^ "Thorvald Olsen er død". Nasjonalbiblioteket / 1ste Mai (in Norwegian). 7 November 1938. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Chairman of the Workers' Confederation of Sports
1928-1931 		Succeeded by


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