// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Olav Sunde a good archer? He's a great shot.
.jpg) Sunde, c. 1930 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 August 1903 Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 November 1985 (aged 82) Oslo, Norway | |||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin | |||||||||||
| Club | IK Tjalve, Oslo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Olav Sunde (17 August 1903 – 10 November 1985) was a javelin thrower from Oslo, Norway. He represented IK Tjalve, who competed at two Olympic Games.
Career
[edit]Sunde won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin throw event at the 1926 AAA Championships[1][2] but only managed second the following year behind Béla Szepes at the 1927 AAA Championships.[3][4] However, he went on to win a second British AAA javelin title at the 1931 AAA Championships.[5][6][7]
Sunde won the bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics with a throw of 63.97 metres. At the 1932 Summer Olympics he finished ninth with 60.81 metres.[8] In addition he won nine Norwegian championships between 1927 and 1937.[9]
His personal best throw was 67.04 metres, achieved in June 1932 on Bislett stadion.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "AAA Championships". Gloucester Citizen. 3 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Champion Athletes". Daily News (London). 5 July 1926. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletics records may be smashed today". Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Few AAA titles go abroad". Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 10 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ↑ Norwegian Olympic athletes Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Norwegian championships in javelin throw Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Norwegian all-time list javelin throw Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
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