Ivar Eriksen

Ivar Eriksen

Ivar Eriksen in 1968
Personal information
Born (1942-03-07) 7 March 1942
Hamar, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Speed skating
Club Aktiv SK, Oslo

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

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.

World records
DisciplineTimeDateLocation
3000 m4.33,028 February 1963 Oslo
1000 m1.20,59 March 1968 Inzell
1000 m1.20,38 February 1969 Inzell
1000 m1.19,51 March 1969 Inzell
1000 m1.19,215 January 1971 Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Personal records[1]

References



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