Jan Egil Storholt

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Men’s Speed Skating
Olympic medal record
Gold	1976 Innsbruck	1,500 m

Jan Egil Storholt (born 13 February 1949 in Løkken) is a former ice speed skater from Norway.

1 Short biography
2 Medals
3 World records
4 Personal records
5 References

[edit] Short biography

Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Kay Stenshjemmet, Jan Egil Storholt was one of the legendary four S-es (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Being born in Løkken, Storholt became a member of sports club Falken ("Falcon") in nearby Trondheim. Falken was the club 1948 Olympic 1,500 m Champion Sverre Farstad and three-time 1952 Olympic Champion (on the 1,500 m, 5,000 m, and 10,000 m) Hjalmar Andersen had skated for.

Storholt was the Norwegian Junior Champion in 1969, but when he was almost killed in a mining accident in 1970, he was told he would probably not be able to compete at the highest levels again, and it seemed that his promising career had already come to an end. However, Storholt's determination got him back to the Norwegian top by 1972. After some of the best Norwegian speed skaters had turned professional in 1973 (and therefore also could no longer participate in the Olympic Games), Storholt suddenly was one of the best Norwegian amateurs.

It still took until 1976 for his first major international successes: After having won bronze at the European Allround Championships that year, Storholt went on to win Olympic gold on the 1,500 m in Innsbruck. This made him the third Olympic 1,500 m Champion for sports club Falken. Storholt ended his speed skating career in 1981.

[edit] Medals

An overview of medals won by Storholt at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	1976 (1,500 m)
World Allround		1977 1978 1979	1981
World Sprint
European Allround	1977 1979	1980	1976 1978
Norwegian Allround	1979	1975	1977 1978
Norwegian Sprint		1976 1977 1981	1974 1980

[edit] World records

Over the course of his career, Storholt skated 2 world records:

Distance	Result	Date	Location
1,500 m	1:55.18	20 March 1977	Medeo
Big combination	163.221	20 March 1977	Medeo

[edit] Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	38.07	19 March 1977	Medeo
1,000 m	1:16.77	3 January 1978	Oslo
1,500 m	1:55.18	20 March 1977	Medeo
3,000 m	4:09.05	2 March 1978	Inzell
5,000 m	7:01.16	19 March 1977	Medeo
10,000 m	14:49.26	19 March 1978	Medeo

Storholt was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, for a total of 30 days, divided over two short periods in 1977 and 1978. He has an Adelskalender score of 163.042 points.