Erling Rudolf Aastad (2 March 1898 – 30 June 1963) was a

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long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er and sprinter. He was born in

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. At the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

he finished fifth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.885 metres. He also competed for the

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team which was disqualified in the first round of the relay event. At the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

he finished thirteenth in the long jump with 6.72 metres, and at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

he finished fourteenth with 7.07 metres. He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1920 and 1925–1930, won a silver medal in 1921 and bronze medals in 1918 and 1924. He represented the clubs

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and Torodd IF. He also won a silver medal in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contest ...

in 1925, behind

Bjarne Guldager Bjarne Guldager (14 November 1897 – 29 January 1971) was a Norwegian sprinter. He was born and died in Oslo and represented Ørnulf IF in Kristiania. Guldager participated in both 100 and 200 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but did not prog ...

and ahead of

Charles Hoff Charles Hoff (9 May 1902 – 19 February 1985) was a Norwegian athlete, coach, sports journalist, novelist and sports administrator. As an active athlete he competed in pole vault, long jump, triple jump, sprints and middle distance runnin ...

. Here he achieved 10.9 seconds, which was his lifetime best. His personal best long jump was 7.45 metres, achieved in August 1925 on

Bislett stadion Bislett Stadium ( no, Bislett stadion) is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here ...

. 7.45 metres was the Norwegian record until 1934, when it was broken by Otto Berg. Aastad had previously held a record with 7.22 metres between September 1921 and August 1922. It was broken by Sverre Hansen. Aastad also held the national record in the

4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ...

from 1920 to 1935, and in

Swedish relay Swedish relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners. The first runner runs 100 meters, the second one 200 m, the third one 300 m and the fourth runner 400 m, so the total length of the race is one kilometer. Usually Swed ...

from 1925 to 1926. He participated in six international matches. After the war, he worked as manager and accountant in the

Norwegian Athletics Association The Norwegian Athletics Association ( no, Norges Friidrettsforbund, NFIF) is the national governing body for the sport of athletics in Norway, including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. The association is a m ...

from 1945 to 1949. From 1951 to 1952 he was a member of the elite sports committee. He was later employed in Norsk Jungnerakkumulatorfabrikk.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aastad, Erling 1898 births 1963 deaths Athletes from Oslo Norwegian male long jumpers Norwegian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian people