Sigurd Njerve (born 12 September 1971) is a former

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 ...

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 ...

er. He represented

IL Norna-Salhus Idrettslaget Norna-Salhus is a Norwegian athletics club from Salhus in Åsane, Bergen It was founded on 14 October 1935. The club originally had an association football section as well, but it split away in 1987 to form FK Bergen Nord. Since t ...

. He finished tenth at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Stockholm and seventh at the

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total numb ...

in Paris. Participating at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, he did not manage to reach the final. He became Norwegian champion in 1995, 1996 and 2000. His personal best jump was 17.01 metres, achieved in June 1996 in

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. This places him second on the Norwegian all-time performers list, only behind

Ketill Hanstveit Ketill Hanstveit (born 2 November 1973) is a retired male triple jumper from Norway. He represented IL Norna-Salhus. His personal best jump was 17.27 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Byrkjelo. This is the current Norwegian record. He finished t ...

.Norwegian all-time list triple jump

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1971 births Living people Norwegian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub