Sverre Helgesen Explained

Sverre Helgesen (26 May 1903  - 4 November 1981) was a Norwegian high jumper, sports official and journalist.[1]

He was born in Bodø and died in Oslo.[2] 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.[3]

His personal best jump was 1.91 metres, achieved in September 1925 in Moss.[4] This was a Norwegian record at the time.[3] At the 1924 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.83 metres.[2] 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.[5] In the standing high jump he won a bronze medal in 1923, silver in 1928 and gold in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927.[6] After joining the workers' movement he won the high jump at the 1928 Spartakiad.[3]

Besides active sports he was sports editor of Arbeiderbladet from 1928 to 1973.[3] He was a board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1945 through 1948.[7] He was also a jury member for awarding the Egebergs Ærespris.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sverre Helgesen . Olympedia . 29 September 2021.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034047/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/sverre-helgesen-1.html profile
  3. Encyclopedia: Sverre Helgesen. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 10 June 2011.
  4. Web site: Høyde/High Jump. Norwegian Athletics Association. 10 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323191207/http://friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/alletider/Documents/sen/MHJ.htm. 23 March 2012.
  5. Web site: Høyde/High Jump. Norwegian Athletics Association. 10 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111215161907/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mhj.htm. 15 December 2011.
  6. Web site: Høyde uten Tilløp/Standing High Jump. Norwegian Athletics Association. 10 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111215154733/http://www.friidrett.no/stevner/statistikk/nm/Documents/mhjut.htm. 15 December 2011.
  7. Web site: Sentralstyret. Norwegian Athletics Association. Norwegian. 10 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323191118/http://friidrett.no/organisasjon/Documents/Historikk/Sentralstyret.htm. 23 March 2012.
  8. News: Fire Egeberg-kandidater. 1 December 1949. Aftenposten. 11. Norwegian.

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