Hjalmar Johannessen

Not to be confused with Hjalmar Johansen.

Hjalmar "Hjalle" Johannessen (24 May 1907 – 19 August 1959) was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 400 and 800 metres, and later a sports writer.

He was born in Trondheim,[1] and as an athlete he represented the local club SK Freidig; later Oslo TF.[2]

At the 1932 Summer Olympics he reached the heats in the 800 metres, where he failed to progress with a time of 1:54.3 minutes, and also the quarterfinal in the 400 metres, where he achieved 49.4 seconds. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he reached the semifinal of the 800 metres, where he clocked in 1:56.0 minutes.[3] He became Norwegian 400 metres champion in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1935,[4] and 800 metres champion in 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936 and 1937.[5]

His personal best time was 1:52.1 minutes, achieved in September 1935 in Stockholm.[6] In the 400 metres he had 48.6 seconds, achieved in September 1935 at Bislett stadion.[7]

After retiring he was a sports editor in the newspaper Morgenposten.[8] In 1946 he married Gunvor Høidal from Oslo. The marriage ended in divorce in 1952.[1] He died in 1959.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Møller, Trygve Juul (1963). Studentene fra 1938 : biografiske opplysninger, statistikk og artikler samlet til 25 års jubileet 1963 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Bokkomiteen for studentene fra 1938. p. 230.
  2. ↑ Norwegian championships medalists, men's 1500 m (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Norwegian international athletes - J (Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Norwegian championships medalists, men's 400 m (Norwegian)
  5. ↑ Norwegian championships medalists, men's 800 m (Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Norwegian all-time list, 800 m men (Norwegian)
  7. ↑ Norwegian all-time list, 400 m men (Norwegian)
  8. ↑ Stanghelle, Harald; Harberg, Kjell (13 August 2009). "Leif Husebye (obituary)". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).