Sportsklubben Vidar is a Norwegian sports club from

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

. It has sections for

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, and

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Organization

The club was founded in 1919. It was later a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war. It arranges Oslo Marathon, and also the Grete Waitz Run from 1984 to 2003 and the

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...

race Vidar Run from 1933 to 1993. Together with the clubs

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and

IL i BUL Idrottslaget i Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo (also BUL, Oslo) is a sports club in Oslo, Norway, founded on 8 January 1913. It is one of several branches of Bondeungdomslaget i Oslo, a local chapter of Noregs Mållag and Noregs Ungdomslag. IL i BUL h ...

it forms the "Bislett Alliance", which arranges the

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. The Bislett Alliance also hosted the Norwegian Championships in 2006.

Athletic history

Throwing

SK Vidar has been an important club in the men's

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event for many years.

Terje Pedersen Terje Olav Pedersen (born 9 February 1943) is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. He represented SK Vidar. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he progressed from the qualifying round, but did not start in the final. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he did n ...

took his first of four Norwegian championships in 1960, and later set a

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. Per Erling Olsen won in the years 1980 through 1984, and Øystein Slettevold in 1986.

Andreas Thorkildsen Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1 April 1982) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He was the Olympic Champion in 2004 and 2008, European Champion in 2006 and 2010, and World Champion in 2009. He is the fir ...

won his first Olympic title, in 2004, while representing Vidar and became Norwegian champion in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 while representing the club. Other athletes have won national silver and bronze medals, including Thorkildsen's coach Åsmund Martinsen who won bronze in 1994. Solfrid Haug, Anne Grete Bæraas and Unn Merete Lie have won the women's javelin titles. Another prominent thrower is

Mette Bergmann Mette Bergmann (born 9 November 1962 in Kråkerøy) is a retired discus thrower from Kråkerøy, Norway. Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Florø. This is the current Norwegian record. She represented the clubs Fr ...

, who represented Vidar and won national titles in the years from 1991 through 2000. For men,

Svein Inge Valvik Svein Inge Valvik (born 20 September 1956) is a retired Norwegian discus thrower. He represented SK Vidar, IF Kamp-Vestheim, IK Tjalve, Stabæk IF and Urædd Friidrett, Urædd. He finished seventh in the discus final at the 1994 European Champion ...

and Olav Jenssen have won national gold for Vidar. Bergmann and Lie have

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titles for women; so do the brothers Anders and Bjørnar Halvorsen for men. The club has been less successful in the shot put, with only one national gold (Roar Hoff, 1992). Young talent Leif Olve Dolonen Larsen represented the club before going on to other sports.

Running

In the road relay Holmenkollstafetten the women's team has won ten times, but never the men.

Grete Waitz Grete Waitz (, 1 October 195319 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz ...

Atle Douglas Atle Douglas (born 9 June 1968 in Oxford, England) is a retired Norwegian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He represented BFG Fana, SK Vidar, Bergen FIK, IL Gular and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. He finis ...

Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy (born 22 April 1972, in Fræna Municipality) is a retired Norwegian athlete who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most c ...

Jan Gulbrandsen

Jumping

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 ...

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidar Athletics clubs in Norway Sport in Oslo Sports clubs and teams established in 1919 1919 establishments in Norway Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund