Øyvind Tveter (born 28 March 1954) is a former Norwegian
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...
who competed internationally in the 1970s and 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 he finished 5th in the 5000 metres and 5th in the 10000 metres.
Tveter's elder brother
Bjørn was also a speed skater who competed in international championships and in the Olympics.
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Norwegian male speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Norway
1954 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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