Finn Bendixen Explained

Finn Bendixen (born 27 June 1949) is a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Lillesand IL and IF Kamp-Vestheim.

Representing the UCLA Bruins track and field team, Bendixen won the 1973 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the long jump.[1]

He finished fourteenth in the long jump final at the 1971 European Championships with a jump of 7.32 metres. He also competed at the 1969 European Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.[2] He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1970, 1972, 1979 and 1980.[3]

His personal best jump was 7.97 metres, achieved in June 1972 in Stockholm. This result places him second among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind Kristen Fløgstad.[4]

In the Norwegian Athletics Association he was a member of the medical committee from 1977 through 1978.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Putnam . Pat . ONE FOOTRACE WHERE HANDS COUNTED . 2024-05-17 . Sports Illustrated Vault SI.com . en-us.
  2. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mb.htm Norwegian international athletes - B
  3. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mlj.htm Norwegian championships in long jump
  4. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MLJ.htm Norwegian all-time list long jump
  5. Web site: Legeutvalget. Norwegian Athletics Association. Norwegian. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509084820/http://www.friidrett.no/organisasjon/Documents/Historikk/Legeutvalget.htm. 9 May 2012. dead.