Olav Jenssen (born 11 May 1962) is a Norwegian discus thrower.
He was born in
Vinje
Vinje is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Vest-Telemark. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Åmot.
General inform ...
.
He finished eleventh at
1981 European Junior Championships and competed at the
1986 European Championships, the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
, the
1995 World Championships, the
1997 World Championships and the
1998 European Championships without reaching the final. He was Norwegian champion in 1987, 1997 and 1998, representing the club
IF Urædd
IF Urædd is a Norwegian sports club from Porsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed ...
except for some seasons in
SK Vidar
Sportsklubben Vidar is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo. It has sections for track and field, triathlon, and archery.
Organization
The club was founded in 1919. It was later a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war.
It arrange ...
in the mid-1990s.
References
1962 births
Living people
People from Vinje
Norwegian male discus throwers
Olympic athletes for Norway
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway
Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark
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