Alf Ivar Eriksen (born 7 March 1942) is a former

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from Norway. He won a silver medal in 1500 m., shared with Ard Schenk, at the

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in Grenoble; at the

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he came on sixth place on the same distance. Over the course of his career, Eriksen skated five world records and was the first to skate 1,000 m below 1:20.0. After the 1972 season, Eriksen joined the European long track skaters' professional league, the ''International Speedskating League''. ;World records Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com ;Personal records *500 m – 39.1 *1000 m – 1:19.2 *1500 m – 2:04.0 *5000 m – 7:55.6 *10000 m – 16:33.4

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1942 births Living people World record setters in speed skating Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hamar {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub