Haakon Werner Tranberg (2 March 1917 – 24 April 1991) was a

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sprinter who specialized in the

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and

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. He represented

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. He won silver medals in 100 m and 200 m at the 1946 European Championships. He never participated in the Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian champion in 100 m in 1939, 1946 and 1947, in 200 m in 1939 and 1946 and in

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in 1946 and 1947. His career was interrupted by

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in Norway 1940-1945. He was imprisoned in Arkivet from 14 November 1944 and then in

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from 5 December 1944 to the war's end in May 1945. His career best time in 100 m was 10.4 seconds, achieved in September 1939 at

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. A month earlier, on the same track, he had clocked a career best time in 200 m of 21.5 seconds. A year later, again at the same stadium, he achieved a career best in long jump with 7.26 metres.Norwegian all-time list long jump

References

1917 births 1991 deaths Sportspeople from Kristiansand Norwegian male sprinters Norwegian male long jumpers Norwegian resistance members Grini concentration camp survivors European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub