Sten Stensen
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Speed Skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1972 Sapporo | 5,000 m | |
| Bronze | 1972 Sapporo | 10,000 m | |
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | 5,000 m | |
| Silver | 1976 Innsbruck | 10,000 m | |
Sten Einar Stensen (born 18 December 1947 in Drammen, Norway) is a former ice speed skater.
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[edit] Short biography
Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, Sten Stensen was one of the legendary four S-es (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. Stensen excelled at the longer distances, especially the 5,000 m and 10,000 m, and set two world records. He was World Allround Champion in 1974 and European Allround Champion in 1975. He also won Olympic gold on the 5,000 m in Innsbruck in 1976. For his accomplishments, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award in 1974 and 1976.
During the 1976 European Allround Championships in Oslo, Stensen (the defending European Champion), set a new world record on the 10,000 m, but he still lost his title to fellow Norwegian Kay Stenshjemmet by a tiny margin of only 0.005 points (equivalent to 0.10 seconds on the 10,000 m).
Stensen won gold on the 5,000 m at the 1976 Winter Olympics the next month, a race in which Piet Kleine won silver and the world record holder on that distance, Hans van Helden, won bronze. Still being the world record holder on the 10,000 m, Stensen was the favourite for that distance three days later, but he was beaten by Kleine in a close race. Again, Van Helden finished third.
After ending his speed skating career in 1978, Stensen became a Norwegian broadcasting commentator at speed skating events.
[edit] Medals
An overview of medals won by Stensen at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
| Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 1976 (5,000 m) | 1976 (10,000 m) | 1972 (5,000 m) 1972 (10,000 m) |
| World Allround | 1974 | 1973 1976 |
1977 |
| European Allround | 1975 | 1976 1978 |
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| Norwegian Allround | 1973 1974 |
1976 1977 1978 |
1971 1972 |
[edit] World records
Over the course of his career, Stensen skated 2 world records:
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 m | 14:50.31 | 25 January 1976 | Oslo |
| 10,000 m | 14:38.08 | 21 March 1976 | Medeo |
[edit] Personal records
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 39.03 | 19 March 1977 | Medeo |
| 1,000 m | 1:23.44 | 7 January 1973 | Kongsberg |
| 1,500 m | 1:58.72 | 21 March 1976 | Medeo |
| 3,000 m | 4:13.6 | 17 December 1977 | Hamar |
| 5,000 m | 7:05.04 | 19 March 1977 | Medeo |
| 10,000 m | 14:38.08 | 21 March 1976 | Medeo |
Stensen has an Adelskalender score of 165.011 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 4th place.
[edit] References
| Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Ivar Ballangrud | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Reidar Liaklev | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Boris Shilkov | 1960: Viktor Kosichkin | 1964: Knut Johannesen | 1968: Fred Anton Maier | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Sten Stensen | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Tomas Gustafson | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Geir Karlstad | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Chad Hedrick |
| Preceded by Göran Claeson |
Oscar Mathisen Award 1974 |
Succeeded by Yevgeny Kulikov |
| Preceded by Yevgeny Kulikov |
Oscar Mathisen Award 1976 |
Succeeded by Eric Heiden |
Categories: 1947 births | Living people | Norwegian speed skaters | Olympic competitors for Norway | Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for Norway | Olympic silver medalists for Norway | Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
