Idrettslaget Tyrving is 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 the ...

sports club from

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

, founded in 1922. It has sections for

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

and

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

. It is named after

Tyrfing Tyrfing, Tirfing or Tyrving (the name is of uncertain origin, possibly connected to the Terwingi) was a magic sword in Norse mythology, which features in the Tyrfing Cycle, which includes a poem from the ''Poetic Edda'' called ''Hervararkvi� ...

in Norse mythology. IL Tyrving uses the stadium

Nadderud stadion Nadderud stadion is a multi-purpose stadium at Nadderud near Bekkestua, in Bærum, Norway. Association football It is currently used mostly for track and field meets and football matches, and is the home ground of the Norwegian Toppserien ...

, and hosts the annual ''Tyrvinglekene'', the largest athletics meet in Norway. The club has hosted one international event, the European Cup B Final in 2000

Among its most prominent members are Berit Berthelsen, winner of two European Indoor Championships and national record holder in the long jump, and

Christina Vukicevic Ljubica Christina Vukicevic Demidov ( sr, Ljubica Kristina Vukićević, Љубица Кристина Вукићевић, ; born 18 June 1987) is a Norwegian former hurdler. She represented Ski IL, and was coached by her father Pet ...

, silver medalist in 100 m hurdles at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. ...

. Romanian Olympic high jumper

Adrian Proteasa Adrian Proteasa (born 1 March 1959) is a retired Romanian high jumper. Proteasa won the bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games. He became national champion five times in a row, from ...

has also represented Tyrving, although well past his active career

External links

Official site
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