Finn Bendixen is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

er. He represented Lillesand IL

Lillesand

is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand.-General information:...

 and IF Kamp-Vestheim.

He finished fourteenth in the long jump final at the 1971 European Championships

1971 European Championships in Athletics

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 with a jump of 7.32 metres. He also competed at the 1969 European Championships

1969 European Championships in Athletics

The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16 September to 21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1,500 metres and the women's 4x400 metres relay event....

 and the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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 without reaching the finals. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1970, 1972, 1979 and 1980.

His personal best jump was 7.97 metres, achieved in June 1972 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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. This result places him second among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind Kristen Fløgstad

Kristen Fløgstad

Kristen Fløgstad is a former Norwegian athlete from Søgne in Vest-Agder. He represented Kristiansands IF.He won the national championships in triple jump ten times and in long jump six times , being awarded the King's Cup once...

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In the Norwegian Athletics Association

Norwegian Athletics Association

The Norwegian Athletics Association is the national governing body for the sport of athletics in Norway, including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking...

he was a member of the medical committee from 1977 through 1978.