Idrettsforeningen Ørnulf is a
Norwegian sports club from
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
. It has sections for
amateur boxing
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Amateur boxing bouts comprise three ...
and
floorball
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.
General history
The club was founded in 1893, and was a founding member of the Norwegian Wrestling Federation.
It formerly had sections for
track and field
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and
amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is a variant of wrestling practiced at Olympic Games, Olympic, Collegiate wrestling, collegiate, Scholastic wrestling, scholastic, and other levels. There are two international wrestling styles performed at the Olympic Games, fr ...
.
Sporting success
Well-known boxers include
Hjalmar Nygaard (1920 Olympian),
Edgar Christensen (1924 Olympian),
Arthur Olsen (1928 Olympian),
Asbjørn Berg-Hansen
Asbjørn Berg-Hansen (September 14, 1912 – January 28, 1998) was a Norway, Norwegian Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born and worked in Oslo as an electrician.
Amateur career
Norway's most successful flyweight ...
(1936 Olympian),
Simen Auseth (1984 Olympian) and
Thomas Hansvoll (later professional).
[
Well-known wrestlers include Karl Norbeck, Kjell Steen-Nilsen][ and ]Thorvald Olsen
Thorvald Matheus "Torden" Olsen (30 July 1889 – 2 November 1938) was a Norwegian wrestler and sports official.
He became the Norwegian champion in his weight class in 1912, 1914, 1915, and 1918. He became Nordic champion in 1918. He repres ...
(1912 Olympian), Alfred Gundersen (1912 Olympian), Ansgar Løvold (1912 Olympian), Thorbjørn Frydenlund (1912 Olympian), Richard Frydenlund (1912 and 1920 Olympian), Bjørn Cook (1948 Olympian), Egil Solsvik (1948 Olympian), Bjørn Larsson
Bjørn Larsson (18 October 1924 – 23 November 2021) was a Norwegian sport wrestler. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
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(1952 Olympian).
Well-known athletes include Per Oscar Andersen,[ ]Carl Albert Andersen
Carl Albert Andersen (15 August 1876 in Østre Aker – 28 September 1951 in Oslo) was a Norwegian pole vaulter, high jumper, and gymnast who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics.
As an at ...
(1900 Olympian in athletics), Oscar Guttormsen (1906 and 1908 Olympian), Carl Alfred Pedersen (1906 Olympian in athletics), Fritz Skullerud (1906 Olympian), Halfdan Bjølgerud (1906 Olympian), Rolf Stenersen
Rolf Kristian Eckersberg Stenersen (13 February 1899 – 15 October 1978) was a Norwegian businessman, non-fiction writer, essayist, novelist, playwright and biographer. He was also a track and field athlete and art collector.
Background
...
(1920 Olympian), Helge Løvland (1920 Olympic champion), Hans Gundhus (1924 Olympian),
References
External links
Official site
(boxing)
Defunct athletics clubs in Norway
Sport in Oslo
Sports clubs and teams established in 1893
1893 establishments in Norway
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