Bjørg Eva Jensen
Bjørg Eva Jensen is a speed skater from Norway. She had her best year in 1980, when she became junior world allround champion, finished third at the senior allround world championships, and won the 3,000 m event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
After that she had very few international successes, but she won 15 Norwegian titles, including 8 allround, 4 sprint, and 3 single distance titles. In 2002, aged 42, she won silver on the 5,000 m at the Norwegian Single Distance Championships. She later participated in the 2006 Norwegian Single Distance Championships, aged 45, finishing 12th on the 1,500 m and 7th on the 3,000 m.
Jensen is also a successful bicycle racer and won the Norwegian Championships in both time trial and individual pursuit in 1979. She was awarded the 1980 Egebergs Ærespris for her achievements in speed skating and cycling and was elected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year that same year.
;National titles
Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
Norwegian Allround | 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1986 1987 1988 | – | – |
Norwegian Sprint | 1979 1981 1982 1983 | 1977 1978 | 1976 |
Norwegian Single Distance | 1987 1988 1988 | 1988 2002 | – |
;Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the last column lists the official world records on the dates that Jensen skated her personal records.
Distance | Time | Date | Location | WR |
500 m | 42.40 | 3 April 1978 | Medeo | 40.68 |
1,000 m | 1:24.30 | 10 March 1979 | Larvik | 1:23.46 |
1,500 m | 2:08.61 | 15 January 1984 | Medeo | 2:04.04 |
3,000 m | 4:29.28 | 14 February 1982 | Inzell | 4:21.70 |
5,000 m | 7:50.4 | 27 December 1982 | Larvik | none |
10,000 m | 16:49.82 | 7 March 1985 | Savalen | none |
Small combination | 179.076 | 15 January 1984 | Medeo | 177.669 |
Jensen has an Adelskalender score of 177.190 points. Her highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place.