Per Bjørang

Medal record
Competitor for  Norway
Men's speed skating
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
Gold 1974 Innsbruck Sprint

Per Bjørang (born 31 January 1948) is a former Norwegian speed skater and Sprint World Champion. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo he finished 4th in the 500 metres.[1] He became World Champion in sprint in 1974.

His highest placement on the "Sprint Adelskalender" was number five, in 1976.[2]

1970: Valery Muratov • 1971: Erhard Keller • 1972: Leo Linkovesi • 1973: Valery Muratov • 1974: Per Bjørang • 1975: Aleksandr Safronov • 1976: Johan Granath • 1977: Eric Heiden • 1978: Eric Heiden • 1979: Eric Heiden • 1980: Eric Heiden • 1981: Frode Rønning • 1982: Sergey Khlebnikov • 1983: Akira Kuroiwa • 1984: Gaétan Boucher • 1985: Igor Zhelezovski • 1986: Igor Zhelezovski • 1987: Akira Kuroiwa • 1988: Dan Jensen • 1989: Igor Zhelezovski • 1990: Bae Ki-Tae • 1991: Igor Zhelezovski • 1992: Igor Zhelezovski • 1993: Igor Zhelezovski • 1994: Dan Jansen • 1995: Kim Yoon-man • 1996: Sergey Klevchenya • 1997: Sergey Klevchenya • 1998: Jan Bos • 1999: Jeremy Wotherspoon • 2000: Jeremy Wotherspoon • 2001: Mike Ireland • 2002: Jeremy Wotherspoon • 2003: Jeremy Wotherspoon • 2004: Erben Wennemars • 2005: Erben Wennemars • 2006: Joey Cheek • 2007: Lee Kyou-Hyuk • 2008: Lee Kyou-Hyuk • 2009: Shani Davis • 2010: Lee Kyou-Hyuk 2011: Lee Kyou-Hyuk

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Per Bjørang". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/per-bjorang-1.html. Retrieved 3 February 2009. 
  2. ^ "Evolution of Sprint-Adelskalendern since 1 July 1969". http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/evos1.htm. Retrieved 3 February 2009.