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IF Urædd is aNorwegian sports club fromPorsgrunn, founded in 1880. Since 8 December 1993 it has been an alliance sports team, with independent sections for football, handball, sport wrestling, skiing, gymnastics, basketball, athletics and speed skating.[1]
Its football sectionUrædd FK, athletics sectionUrædd Friidrett and handball sectionUrædd Håndball are the best known nationwide.
| Full name | Urædd Friidrett |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1917 |
| Ground | Kjølnes stadion Porsgrunn |
Urædd Friidrett is theathletics department of the alliance club IF Urædd fromPorsgrunn, which was founded in 1880. The athletics section within IF Urædd was established in 1917.
The athletics team uses the stadiumKjølnes stadion.
Its most prominent members areLars Arvid Nilsen,Georg Andersen,Svein Inge Valvik and Olav Jenssen, who all competed in throwing events. Andersen and Nilsen originally won the silver and bronze medals in shot put at the1991 World Championships in Athletics, but Andersen was disqualified and lost the medal due to a doping offence.
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The men's football team currently resides in the3. divisjon, the fourth tier of Norwegian football, having won promotion after a brief stint of one season down in the 4. Divisjon in 2012. The club played in theNorwegian Cup final in1904 asPorsgrunds FC and in1911, which they lost 5–2 againstLyn. Urædd's junior team for girls won the Telenor Cup, the national junior cup for Under-19 girls, in 2010, with a 4–1 win over Fløya in Tromsdalen.
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1D | 3 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 27 | 39 | 3rd round | |
| 2015 | 1D | ↑1 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 24 | 53 | 2nd round | Promoted to theToppserien |
| 2016 | TS | ↓12 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 72 | 6 | 2nd round | Relegated to the1. divisjon |
| 2017 | 1D | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 25 | 41 | 2nd round | |
| 2018 | 1D | ↓11 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 22 | 1st round | Relegated |
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