Tønsbergs Turnforening, often called Tønsberg Turn is a Norwegian sports club from Tønsberg, Vestfold. It has sections for team handball, speed skating, figure skating, gymnastics and pétanque.

General history

The club was founded on 9 June 1864. In November 1981 it lost its track and field section, as it merged with

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to form Tønsberg FIK. In 1985 the association football section merged with Tønsberg-Kameratene to form

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Speed skating

Speed skater Fred Anton Maier represented the club, so did Roar Grønvold, Else Marie Fjære,

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and

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Athletics

The club has had many Norwegian champions. Anne Lise Sandberg became national 400 metres champion in 1961, and won silver medals in 1959 and 1960. She won a 100 metres bronze and a 200 metres silver in 1958. In other sprints, Sigurd Marcussen took a silver medal in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

in 1932 and Terje Larsen a bronze medal in 1966. Marcussen also won silver medals in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

in 1932 and 1933, and a decathlon bronze in 1931. Trygve Rye Johnsen won the

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

bronze in 1930, and Roy Andersen won the silver medal in 1981. Hroar Kranstad became national champion in the

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 1971; Thor Moen won a bronze medal in 1953. In 1940 Leif Rosenblad won bronze medals in both standing high and

standing long jump The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump and ...

. In the pole vault, former Tønsberg-Kameratene athlete Andreas Larsen took a bronze medal in 1957. Ebba Lund Hansen was a prominent jumper in the 1950s, with

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

silvers in 1959 and 1960 and a bronze in 1963. She also won the standing high jump in 1959 and 1960 as well as three lesser medals. In 1956 she won the standing long jump bronze. Ann Chr. Breirem won the standing high jump in 1972. Grete Gulliksen won the long jump bronze in 1958. The club itself hosted the Norwegian Championships in Standing Jumps in 1974. For the history after 1981, see Tønsberg FIK.

References

Official site
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