Birger Leirud (26 June 1924 – 10 February 1999) was a Norwegian

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. He represented Leirsund IL. At the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

he finished thirteenth in the high jump final with a jump of 1.80 metres. At the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

he finished seventeenth with 1.90 m. He finished fourth at the

1946 European Championships in Athletics The 3rd European Athletics Championships were held from 22 August to 25 August 1946 in the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway. For the first time it was a combined event for men and women, and for the first time a city in Scandinavia hosted the champ ...

. He became Norwegian champion in 1946, 1949, 1950 and 1952. His personal best jump was 1.96 metres, achieved in September 1947 in

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.Norwegian all-time list high jump

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1924 births 1999 deaths Norwegian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub