Eugen Haugland (12 July 1912 – 21 October 1990) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. He represented Haugesund IL. He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of

Terje Haugland Terje Haugland (born 11 April 1944) is a former Norwegian long jumper. He was a nephew of Jens Edv. Haugland, son of Eugen Haugland and father of Hanne Haugland. He finished eleventh at the 1969 European Championships, thirteenth at the 1970 ...

and grandfather of

Hanne Haugland Hanne Haugland (born 14 December 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career. In her early international career she finished eleven ...

. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

he finished fourteenth in the triple jump final with a jump of 14.56 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1931, 1933-1937 and 1948. His personal best jump was 15.23 metres, achieved in August 1938 in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

.Norwegian all-time list triple jump

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1912 births 1990 deaths Norwegian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub