Oddrun Helene Hokland (née Lange; 29 November 1942 – 18 March 2022) was a Norwegian athlete. She competed 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

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at the

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and finished 16th in both events. Hailing from Vistdal, she represented the clubs Vistdal IL, SK Olymp, and BUL, Oslo. Between 1961 and 1966 she won a total of 22 individual national titles, in the disciplines pentathlon, javelin throw, long jump, high jump, 400 m, and 80 m hurdles. She set Norwegian records in long jump and high jump. Hokland was a board member of the

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and of the

Norwegian Agrarian Association The Norwegian Agrarian Association ( no, Norges Bondelag) is the largest Norwegian interest organization for farmers. It functions both as a labour union and as a trade union. It negotiates with the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union and ...

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* 1942 births 2022 deaths Norwegian pentathletes Norwegian female long jumpers Norwegian high jumpers Norwegian sprinters People from Nesset Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal 20th-century Norwegian women {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub