Olav Sunde
.jpg) Olav Sunde ca. 1930 | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 1903 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1985 (aged 82) Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Javelin | |||||||||||
| Club | IK Tjalve, Oslo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Olav Sunde (17 August 1903 – 10 November 1985) was a javelin thrower from Oslo, Norway. He represented IK Tjalve, who comepted at two Olympic Games.
Career
[edit]Sunde won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1926 AAA Championships[1][2] but only managed second the following year behind Béla Szepes at the 1927 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]
Sunde won the bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a throw of 63.97 metres. At the 1932 Summer Olympics he finished ninth with 60.81 metres.[6] In addition he won nine Norwegian championships between 1927 and 1937.[7]
His personal best throw was 67.04 metres, achieved in June 1932 on Bislett stadion.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 3 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Champion Athletes". Daily News (London). 5 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Norwegian Olympic athletes Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian championships in javelin throw Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian all-time list javelin throw Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
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