Turn- og Idrettslaget National is a Norwegian sports club from Sarpsborg, Østfold. It has sections for figure skating, sport wrestling and weightlifting. The club was founded on 30 November 1905. As the name indicates,

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

and athletics were among its first sports, together with

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

, wrestling, skating and later team handball. Skilled wrestlers include world championship runner-up Einar Pettersen, European champion

Sven Martinsen Sven Martinsen (28 September 1900 – 9 September 1968) was a Norwegian sport wrestler. He was born in Porvoo, Finland, and represented the Sarpsborg club TIL National. He won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1929 European Wrestl ...

and Nordic champion Walfred Solberg. Well-known athletes include Olympians Rolf Hansen and Reidar Sørlie. Olympic medalists in gymnastics include Jørgen Andersen, Arthur Rydstrøm, Oscar Olstad, Petter Martinsen, and Asbjørn Bodahl.

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