Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a

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from

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. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances. __NOTOC__ Maier won four

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medals: silver on the 10,000 m and bronze on the 5,000 m at the

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, and gold on the 5,000 m and silver on the 10,000 m at the 1968 Olympics. In 1968, he also became

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and World Allround Champion. In total, Maier set eleven

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s. For a brief week in 1968 he held four world records simultaneously, the 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the allround samalogue record. In addition, Maier excelled in

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, winning two National

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Championships bronze medals (in 1957 and 1967). In 1967, he was awarded the

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and in 1968, he won the

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and was chosen

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. Maier died from cancer on 9 June 2015 at the age of 76.Fred Anton Maier er død

Medals

An overview of medals won by Maier at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Records

World records

Over the course of his career, Maier skated eleven

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: Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Maier skated his personal records. Maier has an Adelskalender score of 173.518 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a second place.

Biography

* ''Maier forteller til Knut Bjørnsen'' (Aschehoug, Oslo, 1968)

References

External links

Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database

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