Peter Sinnerud

Norwegian speed skater (1876–1972) Peter SinnerudPersonal informationBorn4 January 1876Stange, Sweden-NorwayDied22 March 1972 (aged 96)Hamar, NorwaySportSportSpeed skatingClubHamar SK Medal record Representing Norway World Championships 1895 Hamar Allround Peter Sinnerud (4 January 1876 – 22 March 1972) was a Norwegian speed skater. Biography Sinnerud while training in the United States At the 1895 World Allround Championships Sinnerud won a silver medal and set a world record over 10,000 m at 18:50.0, though later that day the gold medalist Jaap Eden broke that record by almost a minute. After that Sinnerud skated for 15 years in North America, winning six U.S. and Canadian titles in total. He returned to Norway for the 1904 world and national championships. He won both, but was later stripped of these titles because he participated in professional races in the U.S. (it is not known whether he was paid for that). Disappointed, Sinnerud returned to the U.S. and skated there professionally for several years, winning nothing, but placing within the podium in several races. Although Sinnerud was Norwegian he was often referred to in American newspapers by the nickname "The Terribl