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 1940-1945.
References
- ^ Norwegian international athletes - W Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Template:No icon
- ^ Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Template:No icon
- ^ Norwegian championships in 10,000 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Template:No icon
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