Ivar Eriksen

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

Ivar Eriksen
Ivar Eriksen in 1968
Personal information
Born (1942-03-07) 7 March 1942
Hamar, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubAktiv SK, Oslo

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 1963Oslo
1000 m1.20,59 March 1968Inzell
1000 m1.20,38 February 1969Inzell
1000 m1.19,51 March 1969Inzell
1000 m1.19,215 January 1971Davos

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

References

  1. Ivar Eriksen Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. "Ivar Eriksen at SkateResults.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  3. "Ivar Eriksen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.


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