Ivar Eriksen

Ivar Eriksen

Ivar Eriksen in 1968
Personal information
Born 7 March 1942
Hamar, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport Speed skating
Club Aktiv SK, Oslo

Alf Ivar Eriksen (born 7 March 1942) is a former speed skater from Norway.

He won a silver medal on 1500 m, shared with Ard Schenk, at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he came on sixth place on the same distance.[1][2] Over the course of his career, Eriksen skated five world records[2] and was the first to skate 1,000 m below 1:20.0. After the 1972 season, Eriksen joined the European long track skaters' professional league, the International Speedskating League.

World records
DisciplineTimeDateLocation
3000 m4.33,0February 28, 1963Norway Oslo
1000 m1.20,5March 9, 1968Germany Inzell
1000 m1.20,3February 8, 1969Germany Inzell
1000 m1.19,5March 1, 1969Germany Inzell
1000 m1.19,2January 15, 1971Switzerland Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[2]

Personal records[1]

References