Oliver Sundberg (born 16 February 1982) is a

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. Along with

Cathrine Grage Cathrine Grage (born 13 October 1976) is a Danish speedskater, inline skater and cyclist. As of January 2012, Grage has set a total of 61 successive national records, and holds all of the Danish women's records in speed skating, at all distances. ...

, Sundberg is the first Danish speedskater to reach international competition levels since

Kurt Stille Kurt Robert Stille (born 19 November 1934) is a former Danish speed skater, who competed at top international levels from 1957 to 1964. He was born in Copenhagen, but lives in Norway. He participated in both the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Wi ...

ended his career in 1964. His 2006 and 2007 results were good enough to pass the qualification limits of the International Skating Union for participation in the

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. He also regularly competes in ISU's World Cup. Sundberg started breaking Stille's 41-year-old Danish records on 19 March 2005, when he skated 42.65 in the 500-m and 2:06.51 in the 1,500-m at races in

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. Sundberg later broke Stille's other national records, and has repeatedly improved his own best results. As of March 2007, Sundberg has set a Danish record of 36 Danish records. Currently, these are 38.35 (500-m), 1:16.62 (1000-m), 1:53.32 (1500-m), 6:48.67 (5,000-m), and 14:25.57 (10,000-m). When establishing his two most recent Danish records on the 500-m and 1500-m at the Calgary races 10–11 March 2007, Sundberg passed the five-time 1980 Olympic gold winner Eric Heiden on the

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External links

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Oliver Sundberg at SkateResults.com

Oliver Sundberg's home page

Sundberg and Grage in Danish ''Politiken''

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