Tynset Idrettsforening is a
Norwegian sports club from
Tynset
Tynset is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tynset. Other villages in Tynset include Fådalen, Fåset, Telne ...
,
Hedmark
Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar.
Hedmark and Oppland counties were merg ...
. It has sections for
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
,
team handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...
,
cycling
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,
judo
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo") ...
,
orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...
,
speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skati ...
,
skiing
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ...
,
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
, and
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. ...
.
It was established on 15 September 1900 as ''Tønset IF'', and the name was modernized to ''Tynset IF'' in 1923 at the same time as the club adopted association football.
The men's football team currently plays in the
3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the
Norwegian football league system The Norwegian football league system, or pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Norway.
2017 system in men's football
, the current national league system administered by the NFF is organised as 1–1–2–6, where ...
. It last played in the
2. divisjon in
1999
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.
Skiers include
Tor Halvor Bjørnstad
Tor Halvor Bjørnstad (born 17 May 1978) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier, biathlete and winter triathlete.
He made his World Cup debut in March 2002 in Holmenkollen, with a 30th place in the 50 km race. In the same race in 2006 he fi ...
,
Therese Johaug and
Annar Ryen
Annar Ryen (19 October 1909, Os, Hedmark – 9 March 1985) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s.
He won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Because of his s ...
.
References
Official site
Tynset Idrettsforening results
Football clubs in Norway
Sport in Hedmark
Association football clubs established in 1900
1900 establishments in Norway
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