Profile details
- Born
- 12 May 1892
- Birthplace
- Oslo
- Country
- Norway
- Sport
- Artistic Gymnastics
- Discipline
- Gymnastics
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
1 recorded appearance, most significant first.
- ·1912 Summer Olympics
Career Timeline
- 1912Competed at 1912 Summer Olympics
Statistics
About
Torleif Torkildsen (Norwegian pronunciation: [toːrlæɪf toːrkɪlsn̩]; 12 May 1892 – 7 October 1944) was a Norwegian gymnast and tennis player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Norwegian gymnastics team, which won the bronze medal in the gymnastics men's team, Swedish system event. In tennis, he was a member of the Norway Davis Cup team, in which he earned Norway's first victorious rubber in the tie against Hungary in 1929 by beating Imre Takáts.
Biography adapted from Torleif Torkildsen on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.