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Norwegian speed skater

Bjørn Nyland
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1962-10-08) 8 October 1962 (age 61)
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 and Aktiv SK. He competed at the——1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He won a bronze medal at the "1983 European allround speed skating championships." In 1987 he became norwegian national allround speed skating champion at Hamar stadion, Hamar. The same season he also became the first national single distance champion of the 1500 meters at Stavanger, then outdoors at Sørmarka stadium, in the same single distance championships he also got a silver on the 1.000 meter behind Frode Rønning.

References

  1. ^ "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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