Finn Bendixen

Finn Bendixen (born 27 June 1949) is a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Lillesand IL and IF Kamp-Vestheim.

He finished fourteenth in the long jump final at the 1971 European Championships with a jump of 7.32 metres. He also competed at the 1969 European Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.[1] He became Norwegian champion in long jump in 1970, 1972, 1979 and 1980.[2]

His personal best jump was 7.97 metres, achieved in June 1972 in Stockholm. This result places him second among Norwegian long jumpers, only behind Kristen Fløgstad.[3]

In the Norwegian Athletics Association he was a member of the medical committee from 1977 through 1978.[4]

References
  1. Norwegian international athletes - B Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  2. Norwegian championships in long jump Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  3. Norwegian all-time list long jump Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  4. "Legeutvalget" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.


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