Terje Haugland (born 11 April 1944) is a former
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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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 was a nephew of
Jens Edv. Haugland
Jens Edvard Haugland (3 January 1924 – 26 September 1981) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party of Norway, Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party (Norway, 1972), Liberal People's Party.
Personal life
He was a brother of Eu ...
, son of
Eugen Haugland
Eugen Haugland (12 July 1912 – 21 October 1990) was a Norwegian triple jumper. He represented Haugesund IL.
He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of Terje Haugland and grandfather of Hanne Haugland.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics he fi ...
and father of
Hanne Haugland
Hanne Haugland (born 14 December 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career.
In her early international career she finished eleven ...
.
He finished eleventh at the
1969 European Championships, thirteenth at the
1970 European Indoor Championships and thirteenth at the
1971 European Championships. He never competed at the
Summer Olympics
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. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1969 and 1971. He represented
Haugesund IL
Haugesund Idrettslag is a Norwegian athletics club from Haugesund, founded in 1906.
Its most prominent members are long-distance runners Susanne Wigene, Karl Johan Rasmussen and Bente Landøy as well as jumpers Eugen Haugland, Terje Haugland an ...
and
IK Tjalve
Idrettsklubben Tjalve is a Norway, Norwegian athletics (sport), athletics club from Oslo, founded on 27 December 1890. It is named after Þjálfi in Norse mythology.
It is one of the most prominent athletics clubs in Norway, and numerous members h ...
.
His personal best jump was 7.87 metres, achieved in July 1970 at
Bislett stadion
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. This result places him fourth among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind
Kristen Fløgstad Kristen Fløgstad (born 11 April 1947) is a former Norwegian athlete from Søgne in Vest-Agder. He represented Kristiansands IF.
He won the national championships in triple jump ten times (1968, 1970–71, 1973–76, 1979–80 and 1982 ...
,
Finn Bendixen
Finn Bendixen (born 27 June 1949) is a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Lillesand IL and IF Kamp-Vestheim.
He finished fourteenth in the long jump final at the 1971 European Championships with a jump of 7.32 metres. He also competed at th ...
and
Thomas Mellin-Olsen.
Norwegian all-time list long jump
References
1944 births
Living people
Norwegian male long jumpers
20th-century Norwegian people
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