- Bernt Evensen
Bernt Sverre Evensen (
8 April 1905 inKristiania (Oslo ) –24 August 1979 ) was a Norwegian speed skater andracing cyclist .At the
1928 Winter Olympics inSt. Moritz , Bernt Evensen became the first Norwegian skater to win an Olympic gold medal by winning gold on the 500 m (a first place shared with Finnish skaterClas Thunberg . At those same Olympics, he also won silver on the 1,500 m and bronze on the 5,000 m. At the 10,000 m, he was in second place, 0.1 seconds behindIrving Jaffee , when the race was cancelled because it had started thawing.At the
1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Evensen won a silver medal on the 500 m. Evensen and compatriotIvar Ballangrud were the only European Olympic speed skating medallists during those games. This can mostly be attributed to the fact that the races were skated in "packstyle" (having all competitors skate at the same time), a format that most European skaters were not familiar with.At the World Allround Championships, Evensen became World Champion in 1927 and 1934, winning silver in 1931, and bronze in 1926, 1928, and 1932. At the European Allround Championships, Evensen became European Champion in 1927, while winning silver in 1928 and 1935. As a cyclist, he won 11 Norwegian Championships. For his achievements in speed skating and cycling, he was awarded the
Egebergs Ærespris in 1928. AfterWorld War II , he was a speed skating coach for "Oslo Skøiteklub" (OSK) before the speed skating revolution in 1962-1963.Medals
An overview of medals won by Evensen at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the last column ("WR") lists the official world records on the dates that Evensen skated his personal records.
Evensen has an
Adelskalender score of 194.246 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a fourth place.References
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/251 Bernt Evensen at SkateResults.com]
* [http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages]
* [http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-181527-198745-nav-list,00.html Historical World Records] from the "International Skating Union"
* [http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/statistikk/nm_medaljer.pdf National Championships results] from "Norges Skøyteforbund" (the Norwegian Skating Association)
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