Erna Andersen

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Erna Andersen
Personal information
Born1915 [1]
Sport
CountryNorway
Sport Speed skating

Erna Andersen (born in 1915) was a Norwegian long track speed skater and figure skater [2] in the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Speed skating

Andersen won the silver medal at the 1932 Norwegian Allround Championships. She also competed in several international speed skating competitions. [3]

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Women's speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 m58.3006.03.1932Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR)
1000 m2:05.5006.03.1932Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR)

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Figure skating

Andersen participated at the 1933 World Figure Skating Championships (finishing 9th) and 1934 World Figure Skating Championships (finishing 10th).

She was coached by Martin Stixrud. [1]

In her career she lost several races from Sonja Henie. [4] Both studied together with Martin Stixrud in Oslo and were part of the Oslo Skøiteklub , skating the same tournaments.

Later Andersen turned professional. [4] [2]

Andersen used interpretive ballet technique with speed speed skating. Her jinks were known for the combination of grace with speed. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "1940 - "Gay Nineties to 1940" Production". St. Louis Skating Club. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Erna Andersen (NOR) - Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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