Terje Haugland (born 11 April 1944) is a former

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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

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. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1969 and 1971. He represented

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and

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. His personal best jump was 7.87 metres, achieved in July 1970 at

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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

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1944 births Living people Norwegian male long jumpers 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub