Tom Erik Oxholm (born 22 February 1959) 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
Norway
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. He had his best period in the early 1980s.
At the
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
in
Lake Placid, Oxholm won two bronze medals – on the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m. In addition, he finished third at both the
European Allround Championships and the
World Allround Championships that same year.
Oxholm was Norwegian Allround Champion in 1980 and 1986. He skated a few seasons for
''Oslo Skøiteklubb'' but otherwise represented ''Idrettsforeningen Fram'' in
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 ...
. After his active career, he enjoyed successes as a coach for
Ådne Søndrål
Ådne Søndrål (born 10 May 1971) is a former Norwegian speed skater.
Søndrål, representing Hol IL, was one of the best 1500 m skaters through most of the 1990s. He placed 2nd in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 4th in the 1994 Olympics. He ...
and
Roger Strøm.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Oxholm 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 Oxholm skated his personal records.
Oxholm has an
Adelskalender score of 164.031 points.
External links
*
Tom Erik Oxholm at Skateresults.comPersonal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
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1959 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters of Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
People from Larvik
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark