Idrettslaget Molde-Olymp 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

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

, founded in 1971 as a merger between ''Molde FIL'' and ''SK Olymp''. 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

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

. As a stadium IL Molde-Olymp uses

Molde idrettspark Molde idrettspark, until 1998 known as Molde stadion, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Molde, Norway. It serves as the home ground for the athletics team IL Molde-Olymp and the football clubs SK Træff and reserve and development teams of ...

, the former home ground of football club

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...

. Its most prominent former member is Simon Rønsholm Sandvik, Otto Berg, winner of the silver medal in long jump at the

1934 European Championships in Athletics The 1st European Athletics Championships were held in Turin, Italy, at the Stadio Benito Mussolini between 7 and 9 September 1934. A contemporaneous report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald. Results Medalists and complete results were ...

. Karen Fladset, Oddrun Hokland and

Hilde Hovdenak Hilde Hovdenak (born 15 February 1971) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. Internationally she finished thirteenth at the 1998 European Championships. She became Norwegian champion in the half maratho ...

represented the club (including predecessor clubs) in their early careers.

External links

Official site
Athletics clubs in Norway Sport in Molde Sports clubs and teams established in 1971 1971 establishments in Norway {{athletics-club-stub