Edel Therese Høiseth (born 27 January 1966) is a former speed skater from

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, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m. Høiseth skated in all Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1998, making her one of only three Norwegians to have participated in as many as five Winter Olympics (the other two being Oddvar Brå and Petter Thoresen). Her best Olympic result is an eighth place on the 500 m at the

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. One of her best seasons was 1996, when she won the silver medal at the

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behind Chris Witty. Throughout her unusually long career at international top level, she also won more than 40 Norwegian Championships in Allround, Sprint, and Single Distance (500 m, 1,000 m, and 1,500 m). In 2000, on two occasions in

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, she achieved times of 1:15.37 and 1:15.47 on the 1,000 m; the

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at that time was Monique Garbrecht's 1:14.61. Høiseth's best 500 m time is 38.40.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Høiseth at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Høiseth skated her personal records. Høiseth has an Adelskalender score of 172.619 points.

References

Edel Therese Høiseth at SkateResults.com

Edel Therese Høiseth
''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database

Historical World Records
''International Skating Union''.
National Championships results
''Norges Skøyteforbund'' (Norwegian Skating Association).

External links

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