Liv Paulsen (29 November 1925 – 3 November 2001) was a Norwegian

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sprinter and

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ter. She represented ''IL Viking'' in

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. She finished eighth in the shot put final at the 1946 European Championships with a throw of 10.37 metres. At the

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she did not progress from the qualification round in neither shot put nor 100 m. She won the shot put event at the ingaugural Norwegian championships for women in 1947. Her personal best throw was 11.16 metres, achieved in June 1948 in

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.Norwegian all-time list shot put

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1925 births 2001 deaths Norwegian female shot putters Norwegian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Olympic female sprinters {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub