Bjørn Nyland (skater)
Norwegian speed skater / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bjørn Arne Nyland (born 8 October 1962) is a Norwegian speed skater.
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Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1962-10-08) 8 October 1962 (age 61) Lillestrøm, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]