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Also Known As Ivar Eriksen
Born March 7, 1904 • Norway
Died June 1, 1969 (aged 65) • Trondheim • Norway
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Knut Johannesen
Norwegian speed skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Ard Schenk
Dutch speed skater
Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
American athlete
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Yang Yang
Chinese skater
Dan Jansen
American speed skater
Karin Enke
German skater
Speed skater and cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger
East German speed skater and cyclist
Dianne Holum
American speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian 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
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Bonnie Blair
Bonnie Blair
American speed skater

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