Thorvald Wilhelmsen

Thorvald Wilhelmsen (14 February 1912 – 13 September 1996) was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented the club Grue-Finnskog IL.

He never participated in the Summer Olympics, but finished seventh at the 1946 European Championships at Bislett stadion in a personal best time of 31:20.8 minutes.^[1] This remained his career best time.^[2] He became Norwegian champion in 1946,^[3] but his career was interrupted by World War II in Norway from 1940 to 1945.

References

^ Norwegian international athletes - W Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
^ Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
^ Norwegian championships in 10,000 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)

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[1] Norwegian international athletes - W Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)

[2] Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)

[3] Norwegian championships in 10,000 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)

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