Mari Hemmer (; born 20 November 1983) is a

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long-track

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, with particular strength in the longer distances 3000 m and 5000 m. She is the Norwegian Allround Champion for 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, the Norwegian Sprint Champion for 2005, 2009, 2010, and has also won numerous gold, silver, and bronze medals from national championships at single distances. Along with fellow skaters

Maren Haugli Maren Haugli (born 3 March 1985) is a Norwegian retired long track speed skater who participated in international competitions. She represents the sports club Jevnaker IF and is the granddaughter of Sverre Ingolf Haugli and sister of Sverre Ha ...

and

Hege Bøkko Hege Bøkko (; born 5 September 1991) is a Norwegian long-track speedskater, and the younger sister of Håvard Bøkko. Personal life Hege was born in Hønefoss in Buskerud county, Norway in 1991, but she has been living in Hovet, Buskerud her w ...

, Hemmer has in recent years represented Norway at the

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, the World Allround Championships and the

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, as well as in the

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. Hemmer is the holder of the current Norwegian record on 10000 m.

Speed skating

In March 2009, Hemmer broke her own national record in the 10000 m, improving the time from 14:50.52 to 14:47.49. The feat was carried out just hours after having skated the 5000 m in 7:13.50, making her one of the few skaters ever who have run both the 5000 m and 10000 m on the same day. The time is still the current Norwegian record. As of April 2011, Hemmer is the 3rd best ever Norwegian female skater, as per the Adelskalender, after

and

Ida Njåtun Ida Njåtun (; born 6 February 1991) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 1500 and 3000 metres distances. She represents the club Asker SK. Njåtun won her first medal at a Norwegian senior championship in 2008 (then aged 16), and bec ...

. Her rank on the international Adelskalender, as of after the 2010–11 season, is 46.

Personal records

Career highlights

;World Allround Championships :2008 –

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, 18th ;European Allround Championships :

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, 18th :2008 –

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, 16th ;World Junior Allround Championships :1999 –

Geithus Geithus is a village in Modum municipality of Buskerud, Norway. It is situated between the villages of Åmot and Vikersund. Geithus is located where the southwestern arm of Tyrifjorden ends and drains into Drammenselva. Geithusbrua is a cable bri ...

, 38th :2001 –

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, 25th :2002 –

, 31st :2003 –

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, 19th ;National Championships :2003 –

, 2nd at 3000 m :2003 –

, 1st at 5000 m :2004 –

, 3rd at 3000 m :2004 –

, 3rd at 1500 m :2004 –

, 2nd at 5000 m :2004 –

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greate ...

, 2nd at sprint :2005 –

Larvik Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...

, 1st at 5000 m :2005 –

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

, 1st at allround :2005 –

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, 1st at sprint :2006 –

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

, 3rd at 1500 m :2006 –

, 3rd at 3000 m :2007 –

, 2nd at 3000 m :2007 –

, 1st at allround :2008 –

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, 1st at allround :2009 –

, 3rd at 500 m :2009 –

, 2nd at 1500 m :2009 –

, 2nd at 3000 m :2009 – Gol, 1st at 5000 m :2009 – Gol, 2nd at allround :2009 –

Valle Hovin Valle Hovin is both a bandy and speed skating rink in cold weather, and an outdoor stadium for concerts in warm weather, in Oslo, Norway. Located in the residential area Valle-Hovin, in amongst trees and a park, one finds Valle Hovin. It is rea ...

, 1st at sprint :2010 –

, 3rd at 1500 m :2010 –

, 1st at 3000 m :2010 –

, 1st at 5000 m :2010 –

, 1st at sprint :2010 –

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, 1st at allround :2011 –

, 3rd at 1500 m :2011 –

, 2nd at 3000 m :2011 – Frogner Stadion, 1st at 5000 m :2011 – Frogner Stadion, 2nd at allround :2012 –

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, 3rd at 1500 m :2012 –

, 3rd at 3000 m :2012 –

, 1st at 5000 m ;Nordic Junior Games :2000 –

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, 2nd at 3000 m :2002 –

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, 3rd at 3000 m :2002 –

, 2nd at 1500 m ;European Youth-23 Games :2004 –

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, 3rd at 5000 m :2005 –

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, 2nd at 5000 m

References

External links

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Hemmer at Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database

Hemmer at SkateResults.com

Photos of Hemmer at DESG
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