Terje Haugland 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...

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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 take off point...

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He was a nephew of Jens Edv. Haugland

Jens Edv. Haugland

Jens Edvard Haugland was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.-Personal life:...

, son of Eugen Haugland

Eugen Haugland

Eugen Haugland 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....

 and father of Hanne Haugland

Hanne Haugland

Hanne Haugland is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career....

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He finished eleventh at the 1969 European Championships

1969 European Championships in Athletics

The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16 September to 21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1,500 metres and the women's 4x400 metres relay event....

, thirteenth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships

1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 1st European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1970 at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, the capital of Austria. It replaced the European Indoor Games in athletics, which had been held since 1966.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:...

 and thirteenth at the 1971 European Championships

1971 European Championships in Athletics

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. He never competed at the Summer Olympics. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1969 and 1971. 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....

 and IK Tjalve

IK Tjalve

Idrettsklubben Tjalve is a Norwegian athletics club from Oslo, founded on 27 December 1890. It is named after Þjálfi in Norse mythology.It is one of the most prominent athletics clubs in Norway, and numerous members have represented Norway in international competitions.IK Tjalve uses the Bislett...

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

Bislett stadion

Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...

. This result places him fourth among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind Kristen Fløgstad

Kristen Fløgstad

Kristen Fløgstad is a former Norwegian athlete from Søgne in Vest-Agder. He represented Kristiansands IF.He won the national championships in triple jump ten times and in long jump six times , being awarded the King's Cup once...

, Finn Bendixen

Finn Bendixen

Finn Bendixen 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 the 1969 European Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics without reaching...

 and Thomas Mellin-Olsen

Thomas Mellin-Olsen

Thomas Mellin-Olsen is a Norwegian long jumper. He represents IL Gular.He finished twelfth in the long jump final at the 2002 European Championships with a jump of 7.57 metres. He also competed at the 1998 European Championships for the 4 x 100 metres relay team that did not progress to the final...

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