Bjørg Eva Jensen

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Olympic medal record
Women’s speed skating
Gold 1980 Lake Placid 3,000 m

Bjørg Eva Jensen (born 15 February 1960) in Larvik is a speed skater from Norway.

Jensen had her best year in 1980 when, while still a junior, she became Junior World Allround Champion, won bronze at the (Senior) World Allround Championships, and won gold on the 3,000 m at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

Although she did not have many international successes as a senior, she won 15 Norwegian Championships, including 8 Norwegian Allround Championships titles, 4 Norwegian Sprint Championships titles, and 3 Norwegian Single Distance Championships titles. In 2002, aged 42, she won silver on the 5,000 m at the Norwegian Single Distance Championships and she participated in the 2006 Norwegian Single Distance Championships as well, 45 years old, finishing 12th on the 1,500 m and 7th on the 3,000 m.

Jensen was successful in bicycle racing as well and won the Norwegian Championships in both time trial and pursuit in 1979. She was awarded the 1980 Egebergs Ærespris for her achievements in speed skating and cycling.

[edit] Personal records

Distance Time Date Location
500 m 42.40 3 April 1978 Medeo
1,000 m 1:24.30 10 March 1979 Larvik
1,500 m 2:08.61 15 January 1984 Medeo
3,000 m 4:29.28 14 February 1982 Inzell
5,000 m 7:50.4  27 December 1982 Larvik
10,000 m 16:49.82 7 March 1985 Savalen

[edit] References

Olympic champions in women's 3000 m speed skating
1960: Lidia Skoblikova | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Ans Schut | 1972: Stien Baas-Kaiser | 1976: Tatyana Averina | 1980: Bjørg Eva Jensen | 1984: Andrea Schöne | 1988: Yvonne van Gennip | 1992: Gunda Niemann | 1994: Svetlana Bazhanova | 1998: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | 2002: Claudia Pechstein | 2006: Ireen Wüst 
Preceded by
Eystein Weltzien		 Egebergs Ærespris
1980		 Succeeded by
Cato Zahl Pedersen
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