Odd Bergh
Odd Bergh (28 June 1937 – 13 January 2023)[1] was a Norwegian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump.
Bergh finished seventh in the triple jump final at the
Summer Olympics.[2] He became Norwegian champion in triple jump in 1962 (15.63 m.) and 1963 (15.44 m.) [3] and in long jump in 1960 (7.01 m), 1962 (7.13 m.), 1963 (7.28 m.) and 1964 (7.40 m.). He represented SK Freidig in Trondheim.[4]
His personal best triple jump was 15.64 metres, achieved in August 1966 at Trondheim stadion.[5] His personal best long jump was 7.40 metres, achieved in August 1964 in Gjøvik.[6]
Bergh was also active as an athletics administrator. He was a central board member of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1984 to 1985,[7] and a member of the elite committee from 1979 to 1983, 1993 to 1994 and 2002 to 2010.[8] He later represented the club Tønsberg FIK.[9]
References
- ^ Odd Bergh - en bauta i Tønsbergs idrettsliv (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian international athletes - B Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian championships in triple jump Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian championships in long jump Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian all-time list triple jump Archived 3 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian all-time list long jump Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Sentralstyret" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ "A–F" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Aadnesen, Tormod Myrland; Edvardsen, John Arne (19 February 2011). "Tønsberg fikk NM i friidrett". Tønsbergs Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 January 2012.