Bernt Evensen (1905-1979)
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- Name (English)
- Bernt Evensen
- Short name
- Bernt Evensen
- Year of birth
- 1905
- Year of death
- 1979
- Short Description
- "Bernt Sverre Evensen (18 April 1905 – 24 August 1979) was a Norwegian speed skater and racing cyclist who competed in skating at the 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics.
In 1928 he became the first Norwegian skater to win an Olympic gold medal by winning the 500 m event (first place shared with Clas Thunberg). At the same Olympics, he also won silver in the 1500 m and bronze over 5,000 m. He was in second place in the 10,000 m event, 0.1 seconds behind Irving Jaffee, when the competition was cancelled because the ice had started thawing.
At the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, Evensen won a silver medal in the 500 m. Evensen and compatriot Ivar Ballangrud were the only European Olympic speed skating medalists during those games. This can mostly be attributed to the fact that the races were skated in pack-style (having all competitors skate at the same time), a format that most European skaters were not familiar with." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.09.2020) - Entity Encoding
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Sammelbilder "Olympia 1932" - Bild-Nr.: 192 (Gruppe 19)
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Object information
Image: Museum Wolmirstedt - RR-F
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