Roald Larsen

Roald Morel Larsen ( born 1 February 1898 in Kristiania (now Oslo), † July 28, 1959 ) was a Norwegian speed skater.

His most successful year was 1924, when he, all-around European Champion and Norwegian all-around champion all-around world champion. In addition, he won two silver and three bronze medals at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix. His record was marred only by the fact that he binned there in all disciplines behind the Finn Clas Thunberg.

In the following years he won several other medals, including a bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 1928 in St. Moritz. He then still occasionally regular competitor, but he celebrated after 1928 no major successes more.

After his retirement from speed skating, he joined his father's footsteps and became Glaser. He founded in 1937 the company Roald Larsen AS in Oslo. This still exists.

World Records

In the course of his career, Larsen has set a world record:

Winter Olympic Games World All-Round Speed Skating Championships European Speed Skating Championships 1928 Winter Olympics Glazier Davos Jaap Eden Jack McCulloch Sigurd Mathisen Coen de Koning Oscar Mathisen Bernt Evensen Michael Staksrud Hans Engnestangen Birger Wasenius Lassi Parkkinen Odd Lundberg Hjalmar Andersen Oleg Goncharenko Boris Shilkov Knut Johannesen Henk van der Grift Jonny Nilsson Per Ivar Moe Fred Anton Maier Harm Kuipers Piet Kleine Hilbert van der Duim Hein Vergeer Nikolay Gulyayev Eric Flaim Leo Visser Johann Olav Koss Roberto Sighel Falko Zandstra Rintje Ritsma Ids Postma Gianni Romme Jochem Uytdehaage Chad Hedrick Shani Davis Sven Kramer
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