Finn Bendixen

Finn Bendixen (born 27 June 1949) is a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Lillesand IL and IF Kamp-Vestheim.^[citation needed]

Representing the UCLA Bruins track and field team, Bendixen won the 1973 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the long jump.[1]

He finished fourteenth in the long jump final at the 1971 European Championships with a jump of 7.32 metres. He also competed at the 1969 European Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.[2] He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1970, 1972, 1979 and 1980.[3]

His personal best jump was 7.97 metres, achieved in June 1972 in Stockholm. This result places him second among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind Kristen Fløgstad.[4]

In the Norwegian Athletics Association he was a member of the medical committee from 1977 through 1978.[5]

References

1. Putnam, Pat. "ONE FOOTRACE WHERE HANDS COUNTED". Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
2. Norwegian international athletes - B Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
3. Norwegian championships in long jump Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
4. Norwegian all-time list long jump Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
5. "Legeutvalget" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.