{{short description|Norwegian discus thrower}} {{Use dmy dates | date=February 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|5|11|df=yes}} |birth_place=Vinje, Norway |sport=Track and Field |event=Discus |pb=}}
'''Olav Jenssen''' (born 11 May 1962) is a Norwegian discus thrower.
He was born in Vinje.<ref name=sref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/olav-jenssen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/olav-jenssen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Olav Jenssen |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=7 October 2013 }}</ref> He finished eleventh at 1981 European Junior Championships and competed at the 1986 European Championships, the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1995 World Championships, the 1997 World Championships and the 1998 European Championships without reaching the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.friidrett.no/globalassets/aktivitet/statistikk/internasjonalt/mj.htm|title=J|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=9 April 2017}}</ref> He was Norwegian champion in 1987, 1997 and 1998, representing the club IF Urædd except for some seasons in SK Vidar in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tom A |last=Schanke |title=Norsk Idrettsleksikon |language=Norwegian |year=2007 |publisher=Aller Forlag |isbn=978-82-8156-044-4 |page=268}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.friidrett.no/globalassets/aktivitet/statistikk/norske-mesterskap/www.friidrett.no-mdt.htm|title=Diskos/Discus Throw|publisher=Norwegian Athletics|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref>
Jenssen was an NCAA champion thrower for the UTEP Miners track and field team, winning the discus at the 1986 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref name="Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=26 |title=Discus throw at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref> He threw the discus and shot put but focused on the discus at the expense of his shot put marks.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Miner gains in discus he gives up in shot put form |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-what-miner-gains-in-discus/191592853/ |work=El Paso Times |access-date=18 February 2026 |page=13 |date=2 May 1986}}</ref>
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