Allan Dahl Johansson (born 5 October 1998) is a Norwegian speed-skater who competes internationally.

Biography

Johansson competed for Norway in men's 1500m speedskating event at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

in PyeongChang,

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and placed 35th. Johansson represents the club

Aktiv SK Aktiv Skøyteklubb ("Active Skating Club"), formerly Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb (Workers' Skating Club") is a Norway, Norwegian speed skating club from Oslo. The club was founded as Arbeidernes Cykleklubb in 1924, and adopted Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb ...

. In December 2017, he set new junior world records in 1,500m and 3,000m. In March 2018, Johansson won Gold in Junior World Cup in

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and set the record in 3,000m. In 2016, he received more than US$12,000 (94,500 NOK) in sponsorships, with the second largest funding source coming from crowdfunding. He wrote in his crowdfunding application:

"This winter I will focus even more on the World Cup and Junior World Championships. There are a lot of travel and training expenses, and competition everyday. All contributions will come in handy and go exclusively to be faster on skates. Rounds of the season with a three-week gathering in Calgary to train in similar conditions that await me in the Junior World Championships in 2018 in Salt Lake City which is one of my main goals."

Johansson won the World Skating Cup 2 years later. Johansson is the first Norwegian World Junior Allround Speed Skating Champion since Sverre Lunde Pedersen in 2012.

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* * * 1998 births Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Norway Living people 21st-century Norwegian people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Norway-speed-skating-bio-stub