Knut Johannesen

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Knut Johannesen
Knut Johannesen 1962b.jpg
Knut Johannesen in 1962
Personal information
Nickname(s)Kupper'n
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1933-11-06) 6 November 1933 (age 89)
Oslo, Norway
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country Norway
Sport Speed skating
Club Aktiv SK, Oslo
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 42.3 (1960)
1000 m: 1:31.0 (1954)
1500 m: 2:09.4 (1963)
3000 m: 4:28.7 (1964)
5000 m: 7:37,8 (1963)
10 000 m: 15:42.9 (1964)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1960 Squaw Valley 10,000 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1964 Innsbruck 5,000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 10,000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1960 Squaw Valley5,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1964 Innsbruck10,000 m
World Speed Skating Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1957 ÖstersundAll-round
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1963 KaruizawaAll-round
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1964 HelsinkiAll-round
European Speed Skating Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1956 HeksinkiAll-round
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1957 OsloAll-round
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1958 EskilstunaAll-round
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1959 GothenburgAll-round
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1960 OsloAll-round
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1963 GothenburgAll-round

Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway.

Contents

Biography

Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK (Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb – later called Aktiv Skøyteklubb) Johannesen won the World Allround Championships in 1957 and 1964, the European Allround Championships in 1959 and 1960, and won the Norwegian Allround Championships eight times (1955 and 1957–1963). He was Olympic Champion twice – on the 10,000 m at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and on the 5,000 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. He led the Adelskalender for a total of 1,100 days. For his achievements, he received the 1959 Oscar Mathisen Award and was elected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year in 1960. [1]

Johannesen also set a total of four world records over the course of his career, the most famous of which was his 15:46.6 on the 10,000 m at the 1960 Olympics. The Soviet-Russian skaters Nikolay Shtelbaums and Vladimir Shilykovsky had earlier improved on the equally famous 1952 world record 16.32.6 of Hjalmar Andersen, but his time of 15:46.6, along with Kjell Bäckman's time of 16:14.2 from an earlier pair, was the first officially recognised world record achievement since 1952.

Beside skating, Johannesen worked as a carpenter and later ran a gas station. [1]

Records

World records

Over the course of his career, Johannesen skated four world records:

DisciplineTimeDateLocation
10,000 m 15.46,627 February 1960 Squaw Valley
3000 m 4.33,912 January 1963 Tønsberg
Big combination 183.03520 January 1963 Hamar
5000 m 7.37,826 January 1963 Oslo

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [2]

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Johannesen skated his personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m42.324 February 1960 Squaw Valley 40.2
1,000 m1:31.02 February 1954 Davos 1:28.4
1,500 m2:09.424 February 1963 Karuizawa 2:06.3
3,000 m4:28.711 February 1964 Oslo 4:27.6
5,000 m7:37.826 January 1963 Oslo 7:45.6
10,000 m15:42.919 January 1964 Oslo 15:33.0

Johannesen has an Adelskalender score of 178.358 points. He held first place on the Adelskalender for a total of 1,100 days during two periods between 1960 and 1964. [3]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Knut Johannesen. sports-reference.com
  2. "Knut Johannesen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Awards
Preceded by
None
Oscar Mathisen Award
1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year
1960
Succeeded by