Elverum IL
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Elverum IL is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Elverum
in Hedmark
. It was founded in 1892, and has sections for handball
, association football, ski jumping
, gymnastics
and swimming.
represented the club. The club was formerly active in athletics, where Bjørn Gundersen
represented the club.
Elverum
is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum...
in Hedmark
Hedmark
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...
. It was founded in 1892, and has sections for handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
, association football, ski jumping
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
and swimming.
Other sports
Ski jumper Hein-Arne MathiesenHein-Arne Mathiesen
Hein-Arne Mathiesen is a retired Norwegian ski jumper.In the World Cup he finished once among the top 10, with a ninth place from Willingen in February 1997. He won the Continental Cup in the 1996/97 season.-External links:...
represented the club. The club was formerly active in athletics, where Bjørn Gundersen
Bjørn Gundersen
Bjørn Gundersen is a former Norwegian high jumper who represented Elverum IL.At the 1952 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.90 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1947, 1951 and 1954....
represented the club.