Fred Anton Maier

Fred Anton Maier (born 15 December 1938 in Nøtterøy) is a former speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s. __NOTOC__Fred Anton Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000 m and bronze on the 5,000 m at the 1964 Olympics, and gold on the 5,000 m and silver on the 10,000 m at the 1968 Olympics. In 1968, he also became European and World Allround Champion. In total, Maier set eleven world records. For a brief week in 1968 he held four world records simultaneously, the 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the allround samalogue record.

In addition, Maier excelled in cycling, winning two National Time Trial Championships bronze medals (in 1957 and 1967). In 1967, he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris and in 1968, he won the Oscar Mathisen Award and was chosen Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Maier at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Maier has an Adelskalender score of 173.518 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a second place.

Biography

* "Maier forteller til Knut Bjørnsen" (Aschehoug, Oslo, 1968) no icon

References

* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/684 Fred Anton Maier at SkateResults.com]
* [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?name=MAIER&fname=Fred-Anton&nat=NOR&lm=m Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database]
* [http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages]