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Sverre Strandli is a Norwegian hammer thrower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born on 30 November 1925 in Brandval, Norway. Strandli won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. His throw of 57.90 meters was just 0.02 meters behind the gold medalist, American Harold Connolly. Strandli also won the bronze medal in the hammer throw at the 1954 European Championships in Bern, Switzerland. He also competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, but did not make the final. Strandli retired from competitive athletics in 1957. He later worked as a coach and was the Norwegian national hammer throw coach from 1965 to 1975. He was also the president of the Norwegian Athletics Federation from 1975 to 1979. Strandli was inducted into the Norwegian Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002. He is currently 98 years old.

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Age 99 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 30 November, 1925
Birthday 30 November
Birthplace Brandval, Norway
Date of death Charlottenberg, Sweden
Died Place Charlottenberg, Sweden
Nationality Norway

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Sverre Strandli Height, Weight & Measurements

At 99 years old, Sverre Strandli height is 186 cm and Weight 93 kg.

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Weight 93 kg
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Sverre Strandli Net Worth

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1952

At the Summer Olympics Strandli finished seventh in Helsinki 1952, eighth in Melbourne 1956 and eleventh in Rome 1960. He was the Norwegian Olympic flagbearer in 1960. At the 1962 European Championships he did not qualify for the final. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1949–1954, 1956–1957 and 1960–1962, and took one national title in shot put, in 1954. For his European Championships victory Strandli was selected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year in 1950.

Strandli established two world records in hammer throw, both in Oslo. The first record of 61.25 metres came in September 1952 and the second of 62.36 metres was established a year later. The world record stood until August 1954, when Mikhail Krivonosov improved it to 63.34 m. For his second world record Strandli was selected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year for a second time in 1953. He later set a personal best mark of 63.88 metres, in October 1962 in Trondheim, but at that point Hal Connolly had improved the world record to 70.67 metres.

1925

Sverre Gunnar Strandli (30 November 1925 – 4 March 1985) was a Norwegian hammer thrower, who won the gold medal at the European Championships in 1950 and the silver medal in 1954.

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