Thorvald Wilhelmsen
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Thorvald Wilhelmsen was a Norwegian
long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented the club Grue-Finnskog IL.
He never participated in the Summer Olympics, but finished seventh at the 1946 European Championships
at Bislett stadion
in a personal best time of 31:20.8 minutes. This remained his career best time. He became Norwegian champion in 1946, but his career was interrupted by World War II in Norway from 1940-1945.
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...
long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented the club Grue-Finnskog IL.
He never participated in the Summer Olympics, but finished seventh at the 1946 European Championships
1946 European Championships in Athletics
The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway . For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the championships....
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...
in a personal best time of 31:20.8 minutes. This remained his career best time. He became Norwegian champion in 1946, but his career was interrupted by World War II in Norway from 1940-1945.