Gisle Ellingsen
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Gisle Ellingsen is a former Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

er. He represented the athletics club IL Gular
IL Gular
Idrottslaget Gular is a Norwegian athletics club from Bergen, founded in 1946. In the past it has had sections for handball, skiing, gymnastics and football....

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He finished twelfth at the 1989 European Indoor Championships
1989 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 20th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1989.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

. He became Norwegian champion
National champions High Jump (men)
Below a list of all national champions in the Men's High Jump event in track and field from several countries since 1980.- Argentina:*1980: Fernando Pastoriza*1981: Oscar Baronetto*1982: Carlos Gambetta*1983: Fernando Pastoriza...

 in 1987.

His personal best jump was 2.22 metres, achieved in June 1987 in Porto
Porto
Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

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