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Sogndal IL

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Sogndal IL
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Full nameSogndal Idrettslag
Founded19 February 1926
GroundKvåle stadion,
Sogndalsfjøra
and
Fosshaugane
(football only)

Sogndal Idrettslag is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Sogndalsfjøra, Vestland. It has departments for association football, handball, volleyball, track and field, orienteering, taekwondo, swimming, powerlifting, speed skating, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, and gymnastics.[1] The club colors are white and black.

Football

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Athletics

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Sogndal has been a minnow in Norwegian athletics. Merete Kvist won five consecutive national silver medals in the 800 metres, one for Sogndal, in 1986.[2] Sigurd Langeland, who became Norwegian triple jump champion for IL Høyang, represented Sogndal IL before his period in the national limelight.

The home field is Kvåle stadion.

Skiing

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Ingrid Narum has several World Cup starts.[3] Øyvind Sandbakk has two World Cup starts, and only finished the race once, in a 32nd place.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Official website (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Høyde/High Jump". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  3. ^ Ingrid Narum at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  4. ^ Oeyvind Sandbakk at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
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