Ivar Eriksen

Ivar Eriksen
	Ivar Eriksen in 1968
Personal information
Born	7 March 1942 (age 77); Hamar, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Aktiv SK, Oslo
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
Men’s speed skating

Last updated October 29, 2019

Alf Ivar Eriksen (born 7 March 1942) is a former speed skater from Norway.

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

He won a silver medal in 1500 m., shared with Ard Schenk, at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he came on sixth place on the same distance.^[1]^[2] Over the course of his career, Eriksen skated five world records ^[2] and was the first to skate 1,000 m below 1:20.0. After the 1972 season, Eriksen joined the European long track skaters' professional league, the International Speedskating League.

Adrianus "Ard" Schenk is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Galina Kulakova of Soviet Union, the most successful athlete there.

Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 to 12 February. Eight events were contested at L'Anneau de Vitesse in Grenoble, France.

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère and is an important European scientific centre. The city advertises itself as the "Capital of the Alps", due to its size and its proximity to the mountains.

World records

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
3000 m	4.33,0	28 February 1963	Oslo
1000 m	1.20,5	9 March 1968	Inzell
1000 m	1.20,3	8 February 1969	Inzell
1000 m	1.19,5	1 March 1969	Inzell
1000 m	1.19,2	15 January 1971	Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[3]

Personal records^[1]

500 m – 39.1
1000 m – 1:19.2
1500 m – 2:04.0
5000 m – 7:55.6
10000 m – 16:33.4

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References

1 2 Ivar Eriksen Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
1 2 "Ivar Eriksen at SkateResults.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
↑ "Ivar Eriksen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

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[r1-1] 1 2 Ivar Eriksen Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com

[sr-2] 1 2 "Ivar Eriksen at SkateResults.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-06.

[sss.com-3] "Ivar Eriksen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.