Fred Anton Maier

Fred Anton Maier

Maier, January 1968
Personal information
Born	(1938-12-15)15 December 1938 Nøtterøy, Norway
Died	9 June 2015(2015-06-09) (aged 76) Nøtterøy, Norway
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Men's speed skating
Club	Tønsbergs TF
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 41.8 (1968) 1000 m: 1:24.3 (1968) 1500 m: 2:06.1 (1968) 3000 m: 4:17.5 (1968) 5000 m: 7:16.7 (1968) 10 000 m: 15:20.3 (1968)
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Norway Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble 5,000 m 1964 Innsbruck 10,000 m 1968 Grenoble 10,000 m 1964 Innsbruck 5,000 m

Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances.

Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000 m and bronze on the 5,000 m at the 1964 Olympics, and gold on the 5,000 m and silver on the 10,000 m at the 1968 Olympics. In 1968, he also became European and World Allround Champion. In total, Maier set eleven world records. For a brief week in 1968 he held four world records simultaneously, the 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the allround samalogue record.

In addition, Maier excelled in cycling, winning two National Time Trial Championships bronze medals (in 1957 and 1967). In 1967, he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris and in 1968, he won the Oscar Mathisen Award and was chosen Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year.

Maier died from cancer on 9 June 2015 at the age of 76.^[1] The Tønsberg Stadion was renamed in 2015, to take his name and a statue of Maier was erected at the stadium's south entrance.^[2]