Oskar Fredriksen (speed skater)

Oskar Fredriksen

Oskar Fredriksen (1872 – 1920) was a Norwegian speedskater.

In 1890 he became the first registered world record holder in the 5,000-meter race. He did it again in 1893 in the 10,000-meter race. In 1894 Fredriksen set a world record in the 500-meter race with a time of 47.8 seconds.^[1]

References

1. ^ International Skating Union "Speed Skating. Complete history list of World Records". http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file,00.pdf International Skating Union. Retrieved 18 February 2009. 

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Name	Fredriksen, Oskar
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Date of birth	1872
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Date of death	1920
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