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]
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]