Ivar Ramstad (3 February 1924 – 26 April 2009) was a Norwegian

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. He worked as a farmer at the farm Nygjerdet, just west of

Røra Røra is a village in Inderøy Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on a small peninsula between the Trondheimsfjorden and the Børgin fjord. The village is located about north of the town of Verdalsøra and abou ...

Røra Municipality Røra is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1907 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located at the northeastern end of the Trondheimsfjorden, just north of the towns of Verdalsøra ...

(now part of

Inderøy Municipality Inderøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen, Trøn ...

). He also had a career in

Gjensidige Gjensidige Forsikring ASA is a Norwegian insurance company. The company traces its roots back to 1816 when a fire mutual was founded as ''Land Gjensidige Brandkasse'' in what is today Innlandet county. Gjensidige demutualised and listed on t ...

. His brother Jon Ramstad was mayor of

Levanger Municipality Levanger is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Levanger (town), town of Levanger. Some o ...

. His personal best throw was 52.32 metres, achieved in July 1948 on

Bislett Stadion Bislett Stadium () 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. The original stadi ...

. This stood as a Norwegian record in the discus throw for eleven years. It is still the county record for

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

. 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 fourth in the discus final with a throw of 49.21 metres. He has stated that he did not retain his form from July due to farming work. He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1947–1949, representing Røra IL. His main competitor was

Stein Johnson Sten ("Stein") Jean Johnson (20 October 1921 – 28 April 2012) was a Norwegian speed skating trainer and Athletics (sport), athlete. He was born in Bergen and is the nephew of Sonja Johnsson. Johnson was a competitor in discus throw in the 1 ...

. He received the Norwegian Athletics Association Gold Medal, and was an honorary member of Røra IL. Ramstad died in April 2009. He was buried at

Sakshaug Church Sakshaug Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sakshaug, just west of the municipal centre of Straumen. It is the main church for the Inderøy ...

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1924 births 2009 deaths Norwegian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway People from Inderøy Athletes from Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian farmers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub