Bjørn Nyland (skater)

Bjørn Nyland

Personal information

Nationality

Norwegian

Born

8 October 1962 (age 61)
Lillestrøm, Norway

Sport

Speed skating

Medal record

Bjørn Arne Nyland (born 8 October 1962) is a Norwegian speed skater.

He was born in Lillestrøm, and represented the clubs SK Ceres^[1] and Aktiv SK.^[2] He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.^[1] He won a bronze medal at the 1983 European allround speed skating championships.^[3] In 1987 he became norwegian national allround speed skating champion at Hamar stadion, Hamar.^[4] The same season he also became the first national single distance champion of the 1500 meters at Stavanger, then outdoors at Sørmarka stadium,^[5] in the same single distance championships he also got a silver on the 1.000 meter behind Frode Rønning.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Bjørn Nyland". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
^ "Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ Schanke, Tom A (2007). Norsk Idrettsleksikon (in Norwegian). Aller Forlag. p. 171. ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
^ "Competition: Norwegische Allround Championships 1987 ⋅ Men". SpeedSkatingNews.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Distance Result: Norwegische Single Distance Championships 1987 ⋅ Men ⋅ 1.500 meter". SpeedSkatingNews.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Distance Result: Norwegische Single Distance Championships 1987 ⋅ Men ⋅ 1.000 meter". SpeedSkatingNews.info. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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