Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in Nord-Odal competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003 World Single Distance Championships. As of December 2006, only seven skaters in the world have 10,000-m results below 13 minutes, and Sætre has twice achieved such results. His personal bests are 38.15, 1:49.36, 6:17.60 and 12:56.85. Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with Chad Hedrick, Sven Kramer and Carl Verheijen, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick).
![]() Sætre at the 2006 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Sand, Norway | 10 March 1974||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
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He married speed skater Ester Stølen in 2002.[1]
References
editExternal links
edit- Lasse Sætre at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Lasse Sætre at SkateResults.com Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Photos of Lasse Sætre