Sverre Helgesen

Sverre Helgesen (26 May 1903 – 4 November 1981) was a Norwegian high jumper, sports official and journalist.

He was born in Bodø and died in Oslo.[1] 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.[2]

His personal best jump was 1.91 metres, achieved in September 1925 in Moss.[3] This was a Norwegian record at the time.[2] At the 1924 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.83 metres.[1] He became Norwegian champion in 1926 with a tied championship record of 1.90 metres. He also won national silver medals in 1924 and 1925.[4] In the standing high jump he won a bronze medal in 1923, silver in 1928 and gold in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927.[5] After joining the workers' movement he won the high jump at the 1928 Spartakiad.[2]

Besides active sports he was sports editor of Arbeiderbladet from 1928 to 1973.[2] He was a board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1945 through 1948.[6] He was also a jury member for awarding the Egebergs Ærespris.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sverre Helgesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Høyde uten Tilløp/Standing High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Sentralstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Fire Egeberg-kandidater". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 1 December 1949. p. 11.


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