Karsten Warholm and 45.94 is not the only Norwegian world record in athletics that is still valid. There is also Trond Ulleberg’s 21.65 metres. It’s quite a bullet noise record for a youth, but he has, in return, stood for 48 years. – I don’t think about it on a daily basis, but I go in and check that list maybe once a year, to see if I still hold the record, says Ulleberg to news. When his childhood club Efteløt IL celebrated 75 years in 2009, Trond Ulleberg showed that he still has a good shot in his right arm. Photo: OLE JOHN HOSTVEDT / Laagendalsposten Will die with the record Friday will start the shot put practice in the Paris Olympics. The Norwegian hope is Marcus Thomsen, who was number 8 in the EC a few weeks ago. Trond Ulleberg will be watching from the TV chair, knowing that he has a record that no one has broken. Shot put records senior Men’s world record: 23.56 metres, Ryan Crouser from the USA (2023). World record women: 22.63 metres, Natalja Lisovskaja from the Soviet Union (1987). Norwegian record for men: 21.22 metres, Lars Arvid Nilsen (1986) Norwegian record for women: 17.11 metres, Katarina Sederholm (1998) In the men’s class the ball weighed 7.26 kilos, while in the women’s class it weighed 4 kilos. – I’m not afraid of losing him, but once I’ve had him for 50 years, then surely he can stand me in the last years I have left to live, then I can die as a world record holder, he says and laughs. On 5 October 1976, he threw the three-kilogram shot at 21.65 meters – which is the longest shot in the world by a 14-year-old. – Athletics is a world sport, and the three most widespread exercises among young people are 60 metres, long and shot put, because it is easy to organise. So there have been several million young people who have thrown in the world in the last 50 years, and the technique and training methods have been significantly developed, says Ulleberg. NM bronze as a 45-year-old – It is special to think that as a youth I was so extreme, that there has not been a single young person who has managed what I did, says the 62-year-old. The powerhouse from Kongsberg set 13 world records and 96 Norwegian records in his teenage years, in shot put, hammer and discus, writes Laagendalsposten. – I was still a child who had an extreme level of activity, and then I was an early adult. I was also extremely keen on training. Ulleberg won his first NM medal in 1983, when he took silver in shot put. In 2007, he was back at the stadium, and he took NM bronze – at the age of 45. – The most honest people Now the ball has been put on the shelf, but Trond Ulleberg is not done with sport. The retired sports professor has a burning commitment to broad sports – which he calls the sport of joy. He therefore works to integrate mental retardation into sports and cultural activities. – These are the most honest and handsome people there are. They are so sincere and straight forward. They need our help, but we also need them, he says. And continued: – Because when you hang out with such nice people, it does something to us who work with them too. We become a little better people. Published 01.08.2024, at 21.33
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