Sportsklubben av 1909, often shortened as Sp-09 or Sportsklubben, is a Norwegian sports club from

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, founded in 1909. It has sections for

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and

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, and has had several Olympians in its ranks.

History

It was founded on 24 March 1909 as ''Arbeidernes TIF'' ("Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association"), and in 1916 it changed its name to ''Fagforeningernes TIF'' ("Trade Unions' Gymnastics and Sports Association"). It was the first explicit workers' sports club in Norway, founded 15 years before the creation of a nationwide Workers' Federation of Sports. The club helped spur the creation of the Workers' Federation of Sports, because in the 1920s, the Norwegian Wrestling Federation banned fifteen members of the club for taking part in a "politicized" wrestling meet where "

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" was played and red flags were flown. Nonetheless, the club was not a member of the Workers' Federation of Sports for long, as it left the Workers' Federation of Sports already in 1926. It was renamed to the more neutral ''SK av 1909'' ("Sports Club of 1909") already in 1929. Its headquarters are at Dælenenga. Well-known amateur wrestlers include Martin Egeberg (1924 and 1928 Olympian), Birger Nilsen (1928 Olympian), Tore Hem (1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympian), Harald Barlie (1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympian), Lars Rønningen (1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympian), Ronny Sigde (1984 and 1988 Olympian), Harald Hervig (1960 Olympian), Håkon Øverby (1968 and 1972 Olympian), Alfred Larsen (1928 Olympian), Kaare Larsen (1948 Olympian) and

Ivar Stokke Ivar Gunnar Stokke (26 January 1911 – 22 July 1993) was a Norway, Norwegian sport wrestler who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Kristiansund, but represented the sports club SK av 1909. He participated in the bantamweight cla ...

(1936 Olympian), Well-known amateur boxers include Leif Hansen (1952 Olympian), Roy Askevold (1960 Olympian),

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(1928 Olympian) and

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(1928 Olympian). The King's Cup in boxing has been taken by Haakon Lind in 1928, Thorstein Myhre in 1933, Sigurd Larsen in 1934, Leif Hansen in 1953 and Roy Askevold in 1959. In athletics the club saw its heyday in the 1910s. Erling Aastad became Norwegian

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champion in 1920 and won medals in 1918 and 1921. Victor Pettersen won silver medals in shot put with both hands (1912) and

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(1914), and also bronze medals in shot put (1914) and

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(1914). Fredrik Martinsen won a silver medal in

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 ...

(1918) and Øivind Jensen a bronze in the

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(1912).

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:1909 Sports clubs and teams in Norway Sport in Oslo Sports clubs and teams established in 1909 Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund Defunct athletics clubs in Norway 1909 establishments in Norway