Sverre Helgesen

Norwegian high jumper and journalist (1903–1981)

Sverre Helgesen

Helgesen in 1924

Personal information
Nationality| Norwegian
Born| 26 May 1903
Bodø, Nordland, Norway
Died| 4 November 1981 (aged 78)
Oslo, Norway
Height| 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event| high jump/triple jump
Club| IK Tjalve, Oslo

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

## Biography

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Helgesen was born in Bodø.[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 (6 ft 3 in), 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 (6 ft 0 in).[2] He became Norwegian champion in 1926 with a tied championship record of 1.90 metres (6 ft 3 in). 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]

Helgesen finished second behind Jack Higginson in the triple jump event at the British 1926 AAA Championships.[7][8][9]

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.[10] He was also a jury member for awarding the Egebergs Ærespris.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Sverre Helgesen". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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3. ^ a b c d "Sverre Helgesen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
4. ^ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
5. ^ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
6. ^ "Høyde uten Tilløp/Standing High Jump". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
7. ^ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 3 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ "Champion Athletes". Daily News (London). 5 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
10. ^ "Sentralstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
11. ^ "Fire Egeberg-kandidater". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 1 December 1949. p. 11.

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