Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former

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. ...

from

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, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in

Nord-Odal Nord-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand. Other villages in the municipality include Knapper and Mo. The ...

competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

. He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003

World Single Distance Championships The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union. History Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multiple ...

. As of December 2006, only seven skaters in the world have 10,000-m results below 13 minutes, and Sætre has twice achieved such results. His personal bests are 38.15, 1:49.36, 6:17.60 and 12:56.85. Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with

Chad Hedrick Chad Hedrick (born April 17, 1977) is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas. Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push, or DP. During his ...

, Sven Kramer and

Carl Verheijen Carl Eduard Verheijen (born 26 May 1975) is a retired Dutch speed skater who specialized in the longer distances 5,000 m and the 10,000 m. Verheijen is the son of international speed skaters Rieneke Demming and Eddy Verheijen. He is in a relati ...

, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick). He married speed skater Ester Stølen in 2002.http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1975111201

References

External links

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Lasse Sætre at SkateResults.com

Photos of Lasse Sætre
1974 births Living people Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Norway Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Hamar Katedralskole alumni People from Nord-Odal Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Innlandet {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub