Jonny Nilsson
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s speed skating | |||
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| Gold | 1964 Innsbruck | 10,000 m | |
Erling Martin Jonny Nilsson (born 9 February 1943) is a former speed skater from Sweden.
Five days before his 20th birthday, Jonny Nilsson made his international debut at the European Allround Championships in 1962, finishing 15th. Nilsson had trouble with the 500 m, which clearly showed at the World Allround Championships two weeks later – despite a 1st place on the 10,000 m and a 2nd place on the 5,000 m, he finished only 10th overall because he had finished the 500 m in 45th place. For his accomplishments, Nilsson received the 1962 Oscar Mathisen Award. The next year at the World Allround Championships, he finished 23rd on the 500 m, but with a 6th place on the 1,500 m and wins on both the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m (both in new world record times), he made up his deficit and became World Allround Champion with a new world record samalog for the combination of the four distances.
At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Nilsson was still the world record holder on both the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m, but he finished only 6th on the 5,000 m. Two days later, though, he became Olympic Champion on the 10,000 m. In 1965, Nilsson finished 4th at the World Allround Championships, despite winning both the 5,000 m (in a new world record time) and the 10,000 m. His last international medal came the following year at the 1966 World Allround Championships, where he won bronze. He participated in the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, but did not win any medals.
Besides his international successes, Nilsson won many national titles. He was Swedish Allround Champion four times (1964-1967) and won a total of 13 Swedish Single Distance Championships – twice on the 1,500 m (1966-1967), five times on the 5,000 m (1962-1966), and six times on the 10,000 m (1963-1968).
Nilsson earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1963.
[edit] World records
Over the course of his career, Nilsson skated five world records:
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 m | 7:34.3 | 23 February 1963 | Karuizawa |
| 10,000 m | 15:33.0 | 24 February 1963 | Karuizawa |
| Big combination | 178.447 | 24 February 1963 | Karuizawa |
| 3,000 m | 4:27.6 | 23 March 1963 | Tolga |
| 5,000 m | 7:33.2 | 13 February 1965 | Oslo |
[edit] Personal records
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 42.2 | 9 February 1966 | Davos |
| 1,000 m | 1:33.1 | 19 January 1969 | Gothenburg |
| 1,500 m | 2:08.2 | 2 February 1966 | Davos |
| 3,000 m | 4:27.6 | 23 March 1963 | Tolga |
| 5,000 m | 7:32.9 | 15 February 1968 | Grenoble |
| 10,000 m | 15:33.0 | 24 February 1963 | Karuizawa |
Nilsson was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, for a total of 329 days, from February 1963 to January 1964. He has an Adelskalender score of 176.873 points.
[edit] References
- Jonny Nilsson at SkateResults.com
- Personal records from the Adelskalender
- Sikta mot stjärnorna ..., Jonny Nilsson's 1963 book (159 pages, Filipstads Tryckeri Förlag)
| Leaders of the Adelskalender |
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Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhani Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick |
| Olympic champions in men's 10000 m speed skating |
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| 1924: Julius Skutnabb | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Åke Seyffarth | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Sigvard Ericsson | 1960: Knut Johannesen | 1964: Jonny Nilsson | 1968: Johnny Höglin | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Piet Kleine | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Igor Malkov | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Bart Veldkamp | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Bob de Jong |
| Preceded by Henk van der Grift |
Oscar Mathisen Award 1962 |
Succeeded by Nils Aaness |
| Preceded by Assar Rönnlund |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1963 |
Succeeded by Rolf Peterson |
