Sverre Helgesen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian high jumper and journalist
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Place of Birth: Bodø, Nordland, Norway
About 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.
- 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.His personal best jump was 1.91 metres, achieved in September 1925 in Moss.
- This was a Norwegian record at the time.
- At the 1924 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.83 metres.
- 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.
- In the standing high jump he won a bronze medal in 1923, silver in 1928 and gold in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927.
- After joining the workers' movement he won the high jump at the 1928 Spartakiad.Besides active sports he was sports editor of Arbeiderbladet from 1928 to 1973.
- He was a board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1945 through 1948.
- He was also a jury member for awarding the Egebergs Ærespris.
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