Johann Olav Koss, is a former speed skater from Norway. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The International Skating Union organises the following World Championships in the sport of speed skating:
Ådne Søndrål is a former Norwegian speed skater.
Arnold Clas ("Classe") Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz. He was the most successful athlete at both of these Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1928 Winter Olympics with Johan Grøttumsbraaten of Norway. No other athlete ever won such a high fraction of all Olympic events at a single Games. He was born and died in Helsinki.
Geir Karlstad is a Norwegian former speed skater and national team speed skating coach.
Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen is a former speed skater from Norway.
Magne Thomassen is a former speed skater from Norway. He participated in international championships over a period of more than ten years. He took part in 23 country matches for Norway in the period 1959–1971 and competed in the European Speed Skating Championships, World Allround Speed Skating Championships and World Sprint Speed Skating Championships between 1962 and 1972.
Dag Fornæss is a former speed skater from Norway who won the Norwegian, European, and World Allround Championships in 1969. He was born in Hamar.
Harald Strøm was a Norwegian speed skater, world champion, European champion and world record holder on 5000 metres. He was also a football player, national champion with his club, and playing for the national football team.
Undis Blikken was a Norwegian female speed skating pioneer.
Sverre Lunde Pedersen/2sʋære 2lʉnde 1peːdersen/ (help·info) is a Norwegian speed skater. He is the son of former speed-skater Jarle Pedersen.
Bae Ki-tae is a former speed skater from South Korea. In 1990, he became the first Korean speed-skater to win a senior championship, winning gold at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships held in Tromsø, Norway. In addition, Kim participated in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships and won the 500 metres 3 times.
The 2013 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place between 16 and 17 February 2013, at Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway.
The 1893 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 13 and 14 January at the ice rink Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is the fourth World Allround Speed Skating Championships organished at the Museumplein in Amsterdam.. It was the first official World Allround Speed Skating Championship after the foundation of the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1892. The Dutch skater Jaap Eden became the first official ISU-World allround by winning the 1500, 5000 en 500 meter. He did not need to finish the 10000m according to the rules. Oskar Fredriksen from Norway skated the championship the first World record at the 10000 meter.
The 1909 World Allround Speed Skating Championships took place at 27 and 28 February 1909 at the ice rink Gamle Frogner in Kristiania, Norway.
Ida Njåtun/2iːda 2njoːˌtʉːn/ (help·info) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 1500 and 3000 metres distances. She represents the club Asker SK.
Patrick Roest is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who has twice won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He is a member of the commercial team of Jumbo-Visma.
Sonja Ackermann-Olsen was a Norwegian speed skater.
