Olav Sunde

Olav Sunde (born August 17, 1903 in Oslo ; † November 10, 1985 ibid) was a Norwegian athlete who was successful in javelin throwing in the 1920s and 1930s. Between 1924 and 1939 he was able to place a total of 13 times in the Norwegian championships:

year	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1930	1931	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1939
Width (m)	90.46 (2.)	100.48 (2.)	109.71 (2.)	61.66 (1.)	62.23 (1.)	65.11 (1.)	63.25 (1.)	62.76 (1.)	63.06 (1.)	63.09 (1.)	64.22 (1.)	61.20 (1.)	61.20 (2.)

He won his only international medal at the 8th Summer Olympics in Amsterdam in 1928 , where he came in third with 63.97 m (victory distance of the Swede Erik Lundqvist : 66.60 m). Although he achieved his personal best four years later with 67.04 m, he succeeded in the IX. At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only a modest 60.81 m, which meant 9th place (victory distance of the Finn Matti Järvinen : 72.71 m).

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Olav Sunde in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Sunde, Olav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oslo
DATE OF DEATH	November 10, 1985
Place of death	Oslo