Trondhjems Turnforening, often called Trondhjems Turn, is a Norwegian gymnastics club from Trondheim.
The club was founded on 14 February 1858, and is therefore Norway's fourth oldest sports club[1] after Oslo TF (founded 1855), Arendal TF and Drammens TF (both founded 1857).[2]
Gymnast Karl Aas who represented the club won an Olympic silver medal in 1920.[3] The brothers Rasmus and Thorleif Petersen also represented the club, and won gold medals at the 1906 Intercalated Games.[4][5]
In the first years the club practised both shooting, skiing, speed skating, fencing and rowing. The club has concentrated on gymnastics since the mid-1870s. Some sports have since split out and created their own clubs, such as the Trondhjems Skiklub and Trondhjems Skytterlag.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Trondhjems Turnforening - idrettskultur siden 1858" (in Norwegian). Trondhjems TF. 3 August 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
- ^ Løchen, Jan Fr. (21 February 1957). "Stort program markerer feiringen av Drammens Turnforenings jubileum". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 9.
- ^ "Karl Aas". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "Rasmus Petersen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Thorleif Petersen". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- Official site (in Norwegian)
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