Per Ivar Moe (born 11 November 1944, in
Ålesund
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) is a former
speed skater
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from
Norway
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.
Biography
In 1963, 18-year-old Per Ivar Moe won bronze at the
European Allround Championships, an achievement he would repeat the following year (1964). In addition, in 1964, he became the first in 8 years to beat
Knut Johannesen
Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway.
Biography
Born in Oslo and representing the skating club ASK (''Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb'' – later called ''Aktiv Skøyteklubb'') Johannesen won the Wo ...
at the Norwegian Championships. That year, he also participated in the
1964 Winter Olympics in
Innsbruck
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and won a silver medal on the 5,000 m in a time of 7:38.6, a mere 0.2 seconds behind Johannesen. At first, it seemed that Moe had won gold when 7:38.7 was displayed as Johannesen's time, but this was quickly corrected to 7:38.4.
In 1965, Moe won silver at the European Championships and two weeks later he became
World Allround Champion. For his achievements, he received the 1965
Oscar Mathisen Award Since 1959, the Oscar Mathisen Award (also known as the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Award, the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy, and sometimes the Skating Oscar) is awarded annually for outstanding speed skating performance of the season. The award was in ...
and was elected
Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year
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that same year. Moe retired in 1966 to complete his
university degree
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. Per Ivar Moe was in banking business in his professional life. He was Vice President in Nordea, one of the biggest banks in Norway.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Moe at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Moe skated his personal records.
Moe was number one on the
Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, from 26 January 1964 to 13 February 1965 and for 4 more days in January 1966 – a total of 388 days. He has an Adelskalender score of 177.150 points.
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Eng, Trond. ''All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 - 2002''. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
* Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild and Teigen, Magne. ''Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 1999 (6. utgave)''. Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1999.
* Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. ''Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave)''. Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
* Eng, Trond and Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette Resultater fra offisielle Norske Mesterskap på skøyter, 1894 - 2005''. Askim/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2005.
* Moe, Per Ivar. ''Ung på isen''. Oslo, Norway: Aschehoug, 1965.
* Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette Resultater Norske Mesterskap På Skøyter, 1887 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior''. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
* Teigen, Magne. ''Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint''. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
External links
Per Ivar Moe at SkateResults.comPersonal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
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1944 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters of Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Ålesund