Odd Bergh

Not to be confused with Otto Berg (athlete).

Odd Bergh (born 28 June 1937) is a former Norwegian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump.

He finished seventh in the triple jump final at the 1962 European Championships with 15.52 metres. He never competed in any other international event such as the Summer Olympics.[1] He became Norwegian champion in triple jump in 1962 and 1963 [2] and in long jump in the years 1960 and 1962-1964. He represented SK Freidig in Trondheim.[3]

His personal best triple jump was 15.64 metres, achieved in August 1966 at Trondheim stadion. [4] His personal best long jump was 7.40 metres, achieved in August 1964 in Gjøvik. [5]

Bergh has also been active as an athletics administrator. He was a central board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1984 to 1985,[6] and a member of the elite committee from 1979 to 1983, 1993 to 1994 and 2002 to 2010.[7] He now represents the club Tønsberg FIK.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Norwegian international athletes - B (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Norwegian championships in triple jump (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Norwegian championships in long jump (Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Norwegian all-time list triple jump (Norwegian)
  5. ↑ Norwegian all-time list long jump (Norwegian)
  6. ↑ "Sentralstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "A–F" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Aadnesen, Tormod Myrland; Edvardsen, John Arne (19 February 2011). "Tønsberg fikk NM i friidrett". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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