Helge Løvland
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Løvland at the 1920 Olympic Games
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Full name | Helge Andreas Løvland | ||||||||||||
Born | May 11, 1890 Froland, Norway |
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Died | April 26, 1984 (aged 93) Oslo, Norway |
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Helge Andreas Løvland (11 May 1890, Froland – 26 April 1984, Oslo) was a Norwegian track and field athlete.
He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1920 Olympics. Løvland was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1919. Representing the club IF Ørnulf, he died in Oslo in 1984.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested in August 1943 during the crackdown on military officers. He was imprisoned in Schildberg and Luckenwalde.[1]
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Preceded by | Egebergs Ærespris 1919 |
Succeeded by Harald Strøm |
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