Nils Fixdal
Encyclopedia
Nils Fixdal was a Norwegian
athlete who specialized in long jump
and triple jump
. He represented Haugesund IL
.
At the 1912 Summer Olympics
he finished thirteenth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.71 metres and eighth in triple jump with 13.96 metres. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1912 and in triple jump in 1910 and 1913.
His personal best jump was 6.86 metres, achieved in July 1911 in Haugesund
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In triple jump he had a personal best of 14.34 metres, achieved in July 1913 in Haugesund.
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...
athlete who specialized in long jump
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 take off point...
and triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
. He represented Haugesund IL
Haugesund IL
Haugesund Idrettslag is a Norwegian athletics club from Haugesund, founded in 1906.Its most prominent members are long-distance runners Susanne Wigene, Karl Johan Rasmussen and Bente Landøy as well as jumpers Eugen Haugland, Terje Haugland and Hanne Haugland. The latter are all related....
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
he finished thirteenth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.71 metres and eighth in triple jump with 13.96 metres. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1912 and in triple jump in 1910 and 1913.
His personal best jump was 6.86 metres, achieved in July 1911 in Haugesund
Haugesund
is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
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In triple jump he had a personal best of 14.34 metres, achieved in July 1913 in Haugesund.