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Also Known As Hjallis Andersen • Hjalmar Johan Andersen
Born March 12, 1923 • Norway
Died March 27, 2013 (aged 90) • Oslo • Norway
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater
Knut Johannesen
Norwegian speed skater
Ard Schenk
Dutch speed skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Yvonne van Gennip
Dutch speed skater
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Karin Enke
German skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
German athlete
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Irving Jaffee
American speed skater
Dianne Holum
American speed skater
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian skater

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