Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (Norwegian: [ˈhôːvɑr ˈhɔ̂lmɛˌfjuːr ˈlùːntsɛn] (listen), born 2 October 1992) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m distances.[2]

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

At the National Sprint Championship 2012 in Asker
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 Bergen, Norway
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	500 m, 1000 m
Club	Fana IL
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m World Sprint Championships 2018 Changchun Sprint 2017 Calgary Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2019 Inzell 500 m 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint European Championships 2019 Collalbo Sprint 2020 Heerenven Team sprint

Career

Lorentzen has a 9th place from the World Cup races in Heerenveen in December 2011 as his best international senior result, and was awarded the gold medal for the 1000 m for the 2012 World Junior Championships after the original winner Pavel Kulizhnikov was disqualified for a doping offence.[3] Lorentzen represents Fana IL. Football player Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen is a younger brother of Håvard.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Lorentzen surpassed expectations by winning the gold medal at the 500 m event and silver in the 1000 m event.

Records

Personal records

Updated February 2018

Personal records[4]
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	34.41	9 December 2017	Salt Lake City, United States	NR
500 m	34.41 (t)	19 February 2018	Gangneung, South Korea	NR (t)
1000 m	1:06.98	2 December 2017	Calgary, Canada	NR
1500 m	1:44.45	15 November 2013	Salt Lake City, United States
3000 m	3:49.83	2 November 2013	Salt Lake City, United States
5000 m	6:39.99	7 November 2010	Hamar, Norway
10000 m	14.40.65	24 February 2013	Hamar, Norway

World records

List of World Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.

Time	Date	Place	Course	Event	Duration
Junior men – Team pursuit (8 laps)
3.54,68	6 March 2010	GER, Berlin	Sportforum Hohenschönhausen	Jr. WC final – 2009/10	Beaten 2 years later
3.50,02	14 March 2010	RUS, Moscow	Ice Palace Krylatskoye	Junior-WC 2010	1 year 8 months 6 days
3.47,45	20 November 2011	RUS, Chelyabinsk	Uralskaja Molnija	WC nr. 1 – 2011/12	Current record

Olympic records

List of Olympic Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.

Time	Date	Place	Course	Event	Duration
Senior men – 500 m
34.41	19 February 2018	KOR, PyeongChang	Gangneung Oval	Winter Olympics 2018	Current record

World Cup

Overall in the World cup

Updated after the 2013/14 season.

Season	500 m		1 000 m		1 500 m		5 000 m/10 000 m		Mass start		Team pursuit
	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points
2010/11	–	–	44	008 p	38	14 p	52	2 p	–	–	–	–
2011/12	–	–	19	095 p	24	45 p	–	–	37	00 p	–	–
2012/13	47	0 p	48	009 p	51	00 p	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013/14	49	4 p	10	173 p	20	72 p	–	–	17	10 p	3	270 p

References

1. Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 99.
2. McClellan, John (2007–2012). "Speedskatingresults.com". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
3. Lote, Arve; Olset, Carina (14 September 2012). "Russisk doping ga norsk VM-gull". NRK. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
4. "Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

External links

• Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen at the International Skating Union
• Håvard Lorentzen at International Olympic Committee
• Håvard Lorentzen at Olympic Channel
• Håvard Lorentzen at Olympedia
• Håvard Lorentzen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Håvard Lorentzen at ProCyclingStats
• Håvard Lorentzen in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
• Håvard Lorentzen at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Håvard Lorentzen at SpeedSkatingStats.com