Terje Andersen

Olympic medal record
Men's speed skating

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 medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	–	–	1980 (1,500 m)
World Allround	–	–	–
World Sprint	–	–	–
World Cup	–	–	–
European Allround	–	–	–
Norwegian Allround	–	–	1975
Norwegian Sprint	–	–	1976 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.

Event	Result	Date	Venue	WR
500 m	38.30	31 March 1981	Harbin	36.91
1,000 m	1:15.62	20 January 1980	Davos	1:13.60
1,500 m	1:56.92	21 February 1980	Lake Placid	1:54.79
3,000 m	4:18.8	1 December 1979	Larvik	4:04.06
5,000 m	7:21.22	5 March 1976	Inzell	7:07.82
10,000 m	15:37.11	2 January 1981	Oslo	14:26.71
Big combination	170.778	2 January 1981	Oslo	162.973

Andersen has an Adelskalender score of 168.250 points.

References

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

Terje Andersen at SkateResults.com
Terje Andersen^{[permanent dead link]}. Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V. (German Skating Association).
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages
Historical World Records. International Skating Union.
National Championships results. Norwegian Skating Association.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Odd Pedersen	President of the Norwegian Skating Association 1997–1999	Succeeded by Finn Arne Bakke
Preceded by Rune Gerhardsen	President of the Norwegian Skating Association 2003–2007	Succeeded by Stein Rohde-Hanssen

[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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