 Ivar Eriksen in 1968 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 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 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
| 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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