- Roald Aas
Roald Aas (born
25 March 1928 inOslo ) is a former speed skater and cyclist fromNorway .__NOTOC__Roald Aas was the number two speed skater in Norway through the entire 1950s – initially afterHjalmar Andersen , later afterKnut Johannesen . He became Norwegian Champion once, in 1956, but finished second a total of seven times.Aas participated in all international championships between 1951 and 1960, and almost always finished in the top ten. He won bronze at the
World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 1958, and at twoEuropean Speed Skating Championships , in 1957 and 1960. At theOslo Winter Olympics, he won bronze on the 1,500 m, while at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics in 1960, he finally won gold, shared withYevgeny Grishin , also on 1,500 m.Aas also was a successful cyclist, winning the 1956 Norwegian Championships in both road cycling and
track cycling . For his achievements as both a speed skater and a cyclist, Aas was awarded the prestigiousEgebergs Ærespris in 1956.Until 1956, Aas represented "Oslo Idrettslag" (Oslo Sports) – from 1957 on, he represented "Oslo Skøiteklub" (Oslo Skating Club). When he ended his skating career, he became a coach at "Oslo Skøiteklub".
Medals
An overview of medals won by Aas at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the "WR" column lists the official world records on the dates that Aas skated his personal records.
Aas has an
Adelskalender score of 185.337 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a thirteenth place.External links
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/3 Roald Aas at SkateResults.com]
* [http://www.desg.de/?page_id=814&anzeige=skater&skater=3676 Roald Aas] . "Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V." (German Skating Association).
* [http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages]
* [http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-181527-198745-nav-list,00.html Historical World Records] from the "International Skating Union"
* [http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/statistikk/nm_medaljer.pdf National Championships results] from "Norges Skøyteforbund" (the Norwegian Skating Association)
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