Roald Aas
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
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| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | 1,500 metres | |
| Bronze | 1952 Oslo | 1,500 metres | |
Roald Aas (born March 25, 1928) is a former Norwegian speed skater.
Roald Aas was a good number two speed skater in Norway through the entire 1950s — after Hjalmar Andersen initially, then Knut Johannesen. He became Norwegian Champion once, in 1956; but came second a total of seven times.
Aas participated in all international championships between 1951 and 1960, and almost always came among the ten upper places. He won the bronze in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 1958, and in two European Speed Skating Championships, in 1957 and 1960. In the Oslo winter Olympcs he won the bronze on the 1,500 m, while he in the Squaw Valley Olympics of 1960 finally win a gold, shared with Jevgenij Grisjin, also on 1,500 m.
For his achievements as a speed skater, and also as a cyclist, Aas was awarded the prestigeous Egebergs Ærespris in 1956.
[edit] Personal bests
- 500 m - 42.3
- 1,000 m - 1:27.4
- 1,500 m - 2:10.4
- 3,000 m - 4:41.7
- 5,000 m - 8:01.6
- 10,000 m - 17:08.2
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| 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 1500 m speed skating |
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| 1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Charles Mathiesen | 1948: Sverre Farstad | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin / Yuri Mikhaylov | 1960: Roald Aas / Yevgeny Grishin | 1964: Ants Antson | 1968: Kees Verkerk | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Jan Egil Storholt | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Gaétan Boucher | 1988: André Hoffmann | 1992: Johann Olav Koss | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Ådne Søndrål | 2002: Derek Parra | 2006: Enrico Fabris |
| Preceded by Hallgeir Brenden |
Egebergs Ærespris 1956 |
Succeeded by Reidar Andreassen |
Categories: 1928 births | Living people | Norwegian speed skaters | Olympic competitors for Norway | Speed skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for Norway | Sportspeople of multiple sports
