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Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating".
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.
Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. He was the only triple gold medalist at the 1952 Winter Olympics, and as such, became the most successful athlete there.
Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal.
Ivar Eugen Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the most successful athlete there.
Christa Luding-Rothenburger is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was born in Weißwasser, East Germany. Luding is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the first female to win a medal in both the Summer and Winter Games. She is the only athlete to win Winter and Summer Olympic medals in the same year (1988), a feat that is no longer possible due to the staggering of the Winter and Summer Olympic years. In speed skating, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, while she is an Olympic silver medallist in cycling.
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Eric Joseph Flaim is an American former speed skater. He became a world champion in 1988, as well as capturing Olympic silver medals, namely in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics and in short track speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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Leendert "Leo" Visser is a Dutch former speed skater, who in 1989 won the World Allround championships and European championships.
Silvia Brunner is a former speed skater who represented her native country Switzerland in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States.
Amy Peterson is an American short track speed skater. Peterson competed in five consecutive Olympic games from when short track speed skating was exhibition sport in 1988 to 2002.
Hege Bøkko is a Norwegian long-track speedskater, and the younger sister of Håvard Bøkko.
Frode Hermann Syvertsen is a Norwegian speed skater, born in Askøy. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
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Ida Njåtun is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 1500 and 3000 metres distances. She represents the club Asker SK.
Florence Hurd was a Canadian speed skater. She lived in or near Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada.
Nystedt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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- ↑ "Minna Nystedt". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ↑ Schanke, Tom A (2007). Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. pp. 183–184. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
