Anette Tønsberg (born 2 April 1970) is a Norwegian

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

Biography

Tønsberg was born in

Lørenskog is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. A suburb of Oslo, it is part of the Oslo urban area and the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrati ...

and represented the club

Aurskog/Finstadbru SK Aurskog-Finstadbru Sportsklubb is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Aurskog-Høland, Akershus. It has sections for association football, handball, cycle sport, cycling, swimming (sport), swimming, and Nordic skiing. It was founded on 29 Novem ...

. She competed at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

Albertville Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...

and at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

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. She was Norwegian all-round champion 1994-1998 and in 2002. Her personal best times were 40.24 in the 500 metres (1999); 1:18.50 in the 1000 metres (1999); 2:00.10 in the 1500 metres (1998); 4:12.92 in the 3000 metres (1998) and 7:21.57 in the 5000 metres (1999). During her career she set 23 Norwegian speed-skating records, at the distances 1500 m, 3000 m, and 5000 m, and all-round.

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* 1970 births Living people People from Aurskog-Høland People from Lørenskog Norwegian female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-speed-skating-bio-stub