Sverre Helgesen

Sverre Helgesen (26 May 1903 – 4 November 1981) was a Norwegian high jumper, sports official and journalist.

Biography Helgesen was born in Bodø. He represented the sports club Bodø og Omegns IF, then IK Tjalve after moving to Oslo. When Norwegian athletics was split in a bourgeois camp and a Workers' Confederation of Sports, Helgesen eventually chose to move to the workers' club IF Rollo.

His personal best jump was , achieved in September 1925 in Moss. This was a Norwegian record at the time. In the standing high jump he won a bronze medal in 1923, silver in 1928 and gold in 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927. After joining the workers' movement he won the high jump at the 1928 Spartakiad.

Besides active sports he was sports editor of Arbeiderbladet from 1928 to 1973. He was also a jury member for awarding the Egebergs Ærespris.