Bjørn Nyland (skater)

Bjørn Nyland
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1962-10-08) 8 October 1962 (age 62)
Lillestrøm, Norway
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's speed skating
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1983 The Hague Allround
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Elverum Allround

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

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


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