Erna Andersen

Erna Andersen (born in 1915) was a Norwegian long track speed skater and figure skater[2] in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Erna Andersen
Personal information
Born1915[1]
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSpeed skating

Speed skating

Andersen won the silver medal at the 1932 Norwegian Allround Championships. She also competed in several international speed skating competitions.[3]

Records

Personal records
Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m58.3006.03.1932Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR)
1000 m2:05.5006.03.1932Oslo (Kristiania) (NOR)

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Figure skating

Andersen participated at the 1933 World Figure Skating Championships (finishing 9th) and 1934 World Figure Skating Championships (finishing 10th).

She was coached by Martin Stixrud.[1]

In her career she lost several races from Sonja Henie.[4] Both studied together with Martin Stixrud in Oslo and were part of the Oslo Skating Club, skating the same tournaments.

Later Andersen turned professional.[4][5]

Andersen used interpretive ballet technique with speed speed skating. Her jinks were known for the combination of grace with speed.[4]

References
  3. "Ella Berntsen (NOR) - Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.


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