IF Urædd
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IF Urædd is a Norwegian
sports club from Porsgrunn
, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed skating.
Its football section Urædd FK, athletics section Urædd Friidrett and handball section Urædd Håndball are most well known nationwide.
, which was founded in 1880. The athletics section within IF Urædd was established in 1917.
The athletics team uses the stadium Kjølnes stadion.
Its most prominent members are Lars Arvid Nilsen
, Georg Andersen
, Svein Inge Valvik
and Olav Jenssen, who all competed in throwing events. Andersen and Nilsen originally won the silver and bronze medals in shot put at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
, but Andersen was disqualified and lost the medal due to a doping offence.
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...
sports club from Porsgrunn
Porsgrunn
is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....
, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed skating.
Its football section Urædd FK, athletics section Urædd Friidrett and handball section Urædd Håndball are most well known nationwide.
Urædd Friidrett
Urædd Friidrett is the athletics department of the alliance club IF Urædd from PorsgrunnPorsgrunn
is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....
, which was founded in 1880. The athletics section within IF Urædd was established in 1917.
The athletics team uses the stadium Kjølnes stadion.
Its most prominent members are Lars Arvid Nilsen
Lars Arvid Nilsen
Lars Arvid Nilsen is a retired Norwegian shot putter. He represented Urædd Friidrett.He finished fifth at the 1986 European Championships, fifth at the 1987 World Indoor Championships, tenth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships, sixth at the 1990 European Championships and fifth at the 1991...
, Georg Andersen
Georg Andersen
Georg Andersen is a Norwegian shot putter. He represented IK Grane, IK Tjalve and Urædd Friidrett.Early in his international career he finished twelfth at the 1985 European Indoor Championships, tenth at the 1986 European Championships, sixth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships and tenth at...
, Svein Inge Valvik
Svein Inge Valvik
Svein Inge Valvik is a retired Norwegian discus thrower. He represented SK Vidar, IF Kamp-Vestheim, IK Tjalve and Urædd....
and Olav Jenssen, who all competed in throwing events. Andersen and Nilsen originally won the silver and bronze medals in shot put at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics
1991 World Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...
, but Andersen was disqualified and lost the medal due to a doping offence.