Bjørn Paulson

Bjørn Andreas Paulson (21 June 1923 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian high jumper and jurist.

Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
1948 London High jump

He was a grandson of Andreas Paulson.[1] He was born in Bergen, but represented the club IL Skjalg.[2] At the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London he finished second in the high jump final with a jump of 1.95 metres.[3] He became Norwegian champion in 1948.[4] His personal best jump was 1.96 metres, achieved at the Norwegian championships in August 1948 in Trondheim.[5]

A cand.jur. by education, Paulson became a police superintendent in 1953. From 1967 to 1993 he worked as a public prosecutor.[2] He died in 2008.

References
  1. Simonnæs, Olav (15 February 1951). "Andreas Paulson 90 år". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 3.
  2. Bryhn, Rolf (2007). "Bjørn Paulson". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  3. "Norwegian Olympic athletes" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  4. "Norwegian championships medalists, men's high jump". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on February 5, 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  5. "Norwegian all-time list, men's high jump". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2009.



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