Jørgen Barth-Jørgensen (15 February 1932 – 6 December 2021) was a Norwegian

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

. He competed in the men's middle heavyweight event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. From 1952 to 1958 he was Norwegian champion in the 90 kg category without interruption.

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* 1932 births 2021 deaths Norwegian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Norway Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Larvik 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-weightlifting-bio-stub