Roar Berthelsen (3 November 1934 – 1 August 1990) 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 ...

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 ...

er. He represented Mandal og Halse IL and

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. At the 1954 European Championships he finished eleventh in the long jump final with a jump of 7.16 metres. He also competed at the

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without qualifying for the final. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1954, 1956, 1957 and 1959. His personal best jump was 7.62 metres, achieved in August 1959 at

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. This places him thirteenth among Norwegian long jumpers.Norwegian all-time list long jump

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* 1934 births 1990 deaths Norwegian male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub