Nils Fixdal (20 November 1889 – 11 October 1972) was 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 ...

athlete who specialized in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. He represented

Haugesund IL Haugesund Idrettslag is a Norwegian athletics club from Haugesund, founded in 1906. Its most prominent members are long-distance runners Susanne Wigene, Karl Johan Rasmussen and Bente Landøy as well as jumpers Eugen Haugland, Terje Haugland an ...

. He was the brother of Knut Fixdal. At the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

he finished thirteenth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.71 metres and eighth in triple jump with 13.96 metres. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1912 and in triple jump in 1910 and 1913. His personal best jump was 6.86 metres, achieved in July 1911 in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

. In triple jump he had a personal best of 14.34 metres, achieved in July 1913 in Haugesund.Norwegian all-time list triple jump

References

1889 births 1972 deaths Norwegian male triple jumpers Norwegian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub