Olympic medal record
Men's speed skating
Bronze medal – third place1980 Lake Placid1500 m

Terje Andersen (born 4 March 1952) is a former speed skater and president of the Norwegian Skating Association. Andersen was a typical middle distance skater, his best achievement being one bronze medal from the 1980 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid.

Andersen participated several times in the World Sprint Championships, finishing fourth in 1981, and sixth in 1978. His best placing in an allround championships is a twelfth place at the World Championships of Oslo in 1975.

He represented Tønsberg TF and Holmestrand og Botne SK. He was president of the Norwegian Skating Association from 1997 to 1999,[1] and again in 2003 to 2007.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Andersen at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships Gold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics1980 (1,500 m)
World Allround
World Sprint
World Cup
European Allround
Norwegian Allround1975
Norwegian Sprint1976
1978

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Andersen skated his personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m38.3031 March 1981Harbin36.91
1,000 m1:15.6220 January 1980Davos1:13.60
1,500 m1:56.9221 February 1980Lake Placid1:54.79
3,000 m4:18.81 December 1979Larvik4:04.06
5,000 m7:21.225 March 1976Inzell7:07.82
10,000 m15:37.112 January 1981Oslo14:26.71
Big combination170.7782 January 1981Oslo162.973

Andersen has an Adelskalender score of 168.250 points.

References

  1. Gjerde, Arild, ed. (2005). Norges Skøyteforbunds årbok 2003–2005 (PDF) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norwegian Skating Association. p. 183. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
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