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

Ivar Eriksen
Ivar Eriksen in 1968
Personal information
Born (1942-03-07) 7 March 1942 (age 82)
Hamar, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubAktiv SK, Oslo
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
Men's speed skating
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble 1500 m

He won a silver medal in 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
Discipline Time Date Location
3000 m 4.33,0 28 February 1963 Oslo
1000 m 1.20,5 9 March 1968 Inzell
1000 m 1.20,3 8 February 1969 Inzell
1000 m 1.19,5 1 March 1969 Inzell
1000 m 1.19,2 15 January 1971 Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]

Personal records[1]
  • 500 m – 39.1
  • 1000 m – 1:19.2
  • 1500 m – 2:04.0
  • 5000 m – 7:55.6
  • 10000 m – 16:33.4

References

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  1. ^ a b Ivar Eriksen Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b "Ivar Eriksen at SkateResults.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  3. ^ "Ivar Eriksen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.