About Einar Tommelstad
Lived 1909 – 1983 (aged 74). Einar Tommelstad was a Norwegian athletics competitor.
Einar Tommelstad (19 January 1909 – 7 November 1983) was a Norwegian high jumper who competed at the Olympic Games. He represented Oslo IL.
Biography At the 1928 Summer Olympics he finished eleventh in the high jump final with a jump of 1.84 metres. He became Norwegian high jump champion in 1928, and also won the Norwegian championships in pentathlon in 1930.
His personal best jump was 1.92 metres, achieved in July 1928 on Bislett stadion.
Tommelstad finished second behind Kornél Késmárki in the high jump event at the British 1929 AAA Championships.
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Who was Einar Tommelstad?
Norwegian high jumper (1909–1983)
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Einar Tommelstad was born on 19 January 1909 in Oslo.
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Einar Tommelstad died on 7 November 1983 in Oslo.
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Einar Tommelstad was an athletics competitor.
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Einar Tommelstad was Norwegian.
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