Reidar Sørlie (12 March 1909 – 12 February 1969) was a Norwegian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. He finished fourth at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

with a throw of 48.77 metres and eighth at the 1938 European Championships with 46.36 metres. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1936-1939. The Norwegian championships were cancelled from 1940-1945 due to

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. Despite choosing a career as a driver, he was always known by his nickname: The Discus Thrower. His personal best discus throw was 51.57 metres, achieved in September 1937 in

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.Norwegian all-time list discus throw

References

1909 births 1969 deaths Norwegian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub