Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former
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 ...
from
Norway
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, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters. Sætre who grew up in
Nord-Odal
Nord-Odal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sand. Other villages in the municipality include Knapper and Mo.
Th ...
competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the
2002 Winter Olympics
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. He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003
World Single Distance Championships
The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union.
History
Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multipl ...
. As of December 2006, only seven skaters in the world have 10,000-m results below 13 minutes, and Sætre has twice achieved such results. His personal bests are 38.15, 1:49.36, 6:17.60 and 12:56.85. Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with
Chad Hedrick
Chad Hedrick (born April 17, 1977) is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.
Hedrick revolutionized the inline speed skating world with his unique technique, called the double push, or DP. During hi ...
,
Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer (; born 23 April 1986) is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all-time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 mete ...
and
Carl Verheijen, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick).
He married speed skater
Ester Stølen
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in 2002.
References
External links
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Lasse Sætre at SkateResults.com
Photos of Lasse Sætre
1974 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Norway
Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Hamar Katedralskole alumni
People from Nord-Odal
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Speed skaters from Innlandet
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