Kaare Strøm (18 April 1915 – 29 June 1982) was a

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er and

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er. His personal best triple jump was 15.49 metres, achieved in August 1939 at

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. With this he was a European record holder for a period, beating the old mark by

Vilho Tuulos Vilho "Ville" Immanuel Tuulos (26 March 1895 – 2 September 1967) was a Finland, Finnish triple jumper and long jumper. He won a gold medal in the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump, triple jump at the 1920 Summer Olym ...

by one centimetre. Strøm also had a 15.82 metres jump in September 1939 in

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, albeit with an illegal

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of about 8 m/s. For comparison, 15.49 metres is better than the gold medal-winning results at the

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and 1950 European Athletics Championships, and also better than the winning result at the

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. His result was a Norwegian record until

Odd Bergh Odd Bergh (28 June 1937 – 13 January 2023) was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump. Bergh finished seventh in the triple jump final at the 1962 European Championships with 15.52 metres. He never competed in an ...

jumped 15.63 metres in 1962. Strøm won silver medals at the Norwegian championships in 1935 and 1936, both times behind

Eugen Haugland Eugen Haugland (12 July 1912 – 21 October 1990) was a Norwegian triple jumper. He represented Haugesund IL. He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of Terje Haugland and grandfather of Hanne Haugland. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he fi ...

, and became Norwegian champion in 1938 and 1939. Then, no Norwegian championships were staged until 1946 because of

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. He won the bronze medal in 1947 and a silver medal in 1949 behind

Rune Nilsen Rune Nilsen (15 September 1923 – 19 July 1998) was a Norwegian triple jumper. He represented IF Tønsberg-Kameratene and IL i BUL. At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished fifth in the triple jump final with a jump of 15.13 metres. At the 1950 ...

. His personal best long jump was 7.465 metres, achieved in September 1937 at Bislett stadion. Representing the club

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, he took the silver medal at the Norwegian championships in 1938, behind

Nils Uhlin Hansen Nils Uhlin Hansen (6 May 1919 – 11 January 1945) was a Norwegian long jumper and resistance member during World War II. He had a successful athletics career before the war; setting a Nordic long jump record which was not surpassed for 20 ...

, and in 1939 he won the gold medal ahead of Nils Uhlin Hansen and Eugen Haugland. Then, no Norwegian championships were staged until 1946. Strøm was a pharmacist by profession.

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1915 births 1982 deaths Norwegian male triple jumpers Norwegian male long jumpers Sportspeople from Arendal 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub