Ronny Nilsen is a former Norwegian athlete who competed in the javelin

Javelin throw

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. He represented the Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

 club IL Norna-Salhus

IL Norna-Salhus

Idrettslaget Norna-Salhus is a Norwegian athletics club from Salhus in Åsane, BergenIt was founded on 14 October 1935. The club originally had an association football section as well, but it split away in 1987 to form FK Bergen Nord....

. He was a policeman in Oslo

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Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 for many years, but since 1 September 2008 he is the head of sport of Norges friidrettsforbund.


He took part in the 2004 Olympics in Athens

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, 2005 World Championships

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 in Helsinki

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 and the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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, but failed to get past the qualification rounds.

Nilsen has a personal best

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 of 84.73 meter, which places him third on the Norwegian all-time list, behind Andreas Thorkildsen

Andreas Thorkildsen

Andreas Thorkildsen is a Norwegian javelin thrower, born in Kristiansand. He is the first male javelin thrower in history to be European champion, World champion and Olympic champion...

 and Pål Arne Fagernes

Pål Arne Fagernes

Pål Arne Fagernes was a Norwegian javelin thrower. He represented Asker SK and IK Tjalve during his active career.As a junior, Fagernes competed on top national level in cycling, athletics and cross country skiing....

. He competed for the club IL Norna-Salhus

IL Norna-Salhus

Idrettslaget Norna-Salhus is a Norwegian athletics club from Salhus in Åsane, BergenIt was founded on 14 October 1935. The club originally had an association football section as well, but it split away in 1987 to form FK Bergen Nord....

.

Nilsen is a graduate of the Norwegian Police University College

Norwegian Police University College

The Norwegian Police University College is a public university college located in Oslo, Kongsvinger, Stavern and Bodø, Norway. It offers education for the police force of Norway, including a three-year basic education and a possible expansion with a Master's degree. 720 students are accepted at...

, and for many years worked at the Sentrum politistasjon in Oslo

Oslo

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. After a period as senior advisor

Senior Advisor

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 at NAV

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, he found a job as the head of sport at Norges friidrettsforbund.

Achievements

2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	27th	73.46 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	26th	70.07 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	21st	71.37 m

Medals at Norwegian championship

Nilsen has 9 national medals in javelin, including two national titles.

Placing	Event	Year
Gold	Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	2000 and 2007
Silver	Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	1996, 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2006
Bronze	Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	1999 and 2002

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