Jørgen Martinius Jensen (1 January 1878 – 31 March 1970) was a Norwegian military officer and sports official. He was born in Kristiania and competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he placed 26th in individual jumping.[1][2]
He headed the Norges Landsforbund for Idrett from 1930 to 1932 and the Norwegian Equestrian Federation from 1936 to 1940. By profession, he was a military officer with the rank of colonel. He headed Opland dragonregiment, a dragoon regiment, from 1934 to 1943, and was as such involved in battles of the Norwegian Campaign, among others at Åsmarka and Tretten. After the war, from 1946 to 1956, he worked in the Norwegian Armed Forces department of war history.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Jørgen Jensen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Jørgen Martinius Jensen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Jørgen Martinius Jensen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
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