Oddrun Hokland

Oddrun Hokland
Hokland at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
BornOddrun Lange
29 November 1942 (1942-11-29)
Nesset, Norway
Died18 March 2022(2022-03-18) (aged 79)
Kvæfjord, Norway
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
  • Triathlon, pentathlon
  • Long jump, high jump, standing long jump
  • Javelin throw
  • 80 metres hurdles
  • 400 metres
  • 4 x 100 metres relay
Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)6.26 m (1964, LJ)
4540 (1966, pentathlon)

Oddrun Helene Hokland (née Lange; 29 November 1942 – 18 March 2022) was a Norwegian combined events athlete, agronomist and sports official. Between 1961 and 1966 she won a total of twenty-two individual national titles, with four coming in sprints and hurdles, six in jumps, three in throws and nine in combined events. She tied Norwegian records three times and set sixteen records (nine individually and seven in combined events) as well as a further three with the national relay team, totalling nineteen. She was awarded the King's Cup trophy twice, in 1961 and 1965, competed at two European Championships and one Olympic Games.