Terje Andersen (born 4 March 1952) 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. ...
and president of the
Norwegian Skating Association. Andersen was a typical middle distance skater, his best achievement being one bronze medal from the
1980 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid.
Andersen participated several times in the
World Sprint Championships, finishing fourth in 1981, and sixth in 1978. His best placing in an allround championships is a twelfth place at the World Championships of
Oslo in 1975.
He represented
Tønsberg TF and
Holmestrand og Botne SK. He was president of the
Norwegian Skating Association from 1997 to 1999,
and again in 2003 to 2007.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Andersen 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 Andersen skated his personal records.
Andersen has an
Adelskalender score of 168.250 points.
References
Terje Andersen at SkateResults.comTerje Andersen ''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating DatabaseHistorical World Records ''International Skating Union''.
National Championships results Norwegian Skating Association.
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1952 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters of Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Norwegian sports executives and administrators
People from Vestfold
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics