Drammens TF

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Drammens Turnforening, often called Drammen Turn is a Norwegian gymnastics club from Drammen.

The club was founded on 4 October 1857, and is therefore Norway's third oldest sports club after Oslo TF (founded 1855) and Arendal TF (founded 17 May 1857). [1]

Gymnast Flemming Solberg represented the club, [2] so did the much older Aksel Hansen (Olympic bronze), [3] Frithjof Olsen (Olympic gold, silver, bronze), [4] Arne Knudsen [5] and Odd Lie. [6]

It formerly had a section for track and field. Olympic high jumper Otto Monsen took the national titles in 1916 and 1917. [1] Ferdinand Bie also represented the club. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Løchen, Jan Fr. (21 February 1957). "Stort program markerer feiringen av Drammens Turnforenings jubileum". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 9.
  2. "Flemming Solberg". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. "Aksel Hansen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. "Frithjof Olsen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  5. "Arne Knudsen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  6. "Odd Lie". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  7. Johansen, Tore (29 January 1985). "Norge/Norway 1913" (PDF). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.