Bjørg Eva Jensen

Bjørg Eva Jensen

Bjørg Eva Jensen in 1980
Personal information
Born February 15, 1960
Larvik, Norway
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Speed skating
Club IF Fram, Larvik

Bjørg Eva Jensen (born 15 February 1960) is a speed skater from Norway. She had her best year in 1980, when she became junior world allround champion, finished third at the senior allround world championships, and won the 3,000 m event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.[1]

After that she had very few international successes, but she won 15 Norwegian titles, including 8 allround, 4 sprint, and 3 single distance titles. In 2002, aged 42, she won silver on the 5,000 m at the Norwegian Single Distance Championships. She later participated in the 2006 Norwegian Single Distance Championships, aged 45, finishing 12th on the 1,500 m and 7th on the 3,000 m.

Jensen is also a successful bicycle racer and won the Norwegian Championships in both time trial and individual pursuit in 1979. She was awarded the 1980 Egebergs Ærespris for her achievements in speed skating and cycling and was elected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year that same year.

National titles
Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
Norwegian Allround 1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1986
1987
1988 		– –
Norwegian Sprint 1979
1981
1982
1983 		1977
1978 		1976
Norwegian Single Distance 1987 (3,000 m)
1988 (3,000 m)
1988 (5,000 m) 		1988 (1,500 m)
2002 (5,000 m) 		–
Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that Jensen skated her personal records.[1][2][3]

DistanceTimeDateLocationWR
500 m42.403 April 1978Medeo40.68
1,000 m1:24.3010 March 1979Larvik1:23.46
1,500 m2:08.6115 January 1984Medeo2:04.04
3,000 m4:29.2814 February 1982Inzell4:21.70
5,000 m7:50.4 27 December 1982Larviknone
10,000 m16:49.827 March 1985Savalennone
Small combination179.07615 January 1984Medeo177.669

Jensen has an Adelskalender score of 177.190 points. Her highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bjørg Eva Jensen. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Note that the 5,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1955 ISU Congress, but was reinstated again at the 1982 ISU Congress.
  3. ↑ Note that the 10,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1953 ISU Congress.

Bibliography

  • Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 – 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
  • Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild and Teigen, Magne. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 1999 (6. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1999.
  • Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
  • Eng, Trond and Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater fra offisielle Norske Mesterskap på skøyter, 1894 – 2005. Askim/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2005.
  • Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Norske Mesterskap På Skøyter, 1887 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
  • Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.

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Awards
Preceded by
Eystein Weltzien		 Egebergs Ærespris
1980 		Succeeded by
Cato Zahl Pedersen
Preceded by
Grete Waitz		 Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year
1980 		Succeeded by
Tom Lund