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Knut Johannesen, 6 November 1933

After the first Medeo-era Knut "Kuppern" Johannesen was the one who brought the speed skating focus back to Norway. At the Olympic Games in Squaw Valley 1960 he literally demolished the previous world record at 10000 meters with 15.46.6 in the fourth pair, and became the first skater to break the 16-minutes limit. Afterwards also Viktor Kositsjkin's 15.49.2, two pairs later, was below this limit. "Kuppern" was world champion 1957 and 1964 and european champion 1959 and 1960. Besides his gold medal during the 1960 olympics he also took gold in 1964.

Personal Records:

42.3 Squaw Valley 24 February 1960

1.31.1 Davos 2 February 1954

2.09.4 Karuizawa 24 February 1963

4.28.7 Oslo 11 February 1964

7.37.8 Oslo 26 January 1963

15.42.9 Oslo 19 January 1964

World Records:

15.46.6 Squaw Valley 27 February 1960

4.33.9 Tønsberg 13 January 1963

183.035 Hamar 19/20 January 1963 (Big Comb.)

7.37.8 Oslo 26 January 1963

#1 in Adelskalendern:

27 February 1960 - 23 February 1963

19 January 1964 - 25 January 1964

Last modified: Feb 22 1996

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