Thomas Mellin-Olsen (born 8 November 1977) is 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 represents

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. He finished twelfth in the long jump final at the 2002 European Championships with a jump of 7.57 metres. He also competed at the 1998 European Championships for the

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team that did not progress to the final heat. He never competed at the

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. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in the years 2002-2005 and in

standing high jump The standing high jump is an athletics event that was featured in the Olympics from 1900 to 1912. It is performed in the same way as high jump, with the difference being that the athlete has no run-up and must stand still and jump with both feet ...

in 2006. His personal best jump was 7.91 metres, achieved in June 2002 in

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. This result places him third 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) ...

and

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 ...

.Norwegian all-time list long jump

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1977 births Living people Norwegian male long jumpers 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub