Eugen Haugland (12 July 1912 – 21 October 1990) was a Norwegian

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er. He represented Haugesund IL. He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of

Terje Haugland Terje Haugland (born 11 April 1944) is a former Norwegian long jumper. He was a nephew of Jens Edv. Haugland, son of Eugen Haugland and father of Hanne Haugland. He finished eleventh at the 1969 European Championships, thirteenth at the 1970 ...

and grandfather of

Hanne Haugland Hanne Birgit Haugland (born 14 December 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norway, Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career. Biography In her early international car ...

. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

he finished fourteenth in the triple jump final with a jump of 14.56 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1931, 1933-1937 and 1948. His personal best jump was 15.23 metres, achieved in August 1938 in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipalities of Norway, municipality and List of towns and cities in Norway, town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855. The vast majority of ...

.Norwegian all-time list triple jump

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1912 births 1990 deaths Norwegian male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub