Birth Place: | Nesset, Norway |
Death Place: | Kvæfjord |
Height: | 1.62m (05.31feet) |
Weight: | 59kg (130lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Long jump, pentathlon |
Club: | |
Pb: | 6.26 m (1964, LJ) 4540 (1966, pentathlon) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Oddrun Helene Hokland (née Lange; 29 November 1942 – 18 March 2022) was a Norwegian athlete.[1] She competed in long jump and pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and finished 16th in both events.[2]
Hailing from Vistdal, she represented the clubs Vistdal IL, SK Olymp, and BUL, Oslo. Between 1961 and 1966 she won a total of 22 individual national titles, in the disciplines pentathlon, javelin throw, long jump, high jump, 400 m, and 80 m hurdles. She set Norwegian records in long jump and high jump.
Hokland was a board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association and of the Norwegian Agrarian Association.[3]