Ivar Eriksen


Alf Ivar Eriksen is a former speed skater from Norway.
He won a silver medal in 1500 m., shared with Ard Schenk, at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble; at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he came on sixth place on the same distance. Over the course of his career, Eriksen skated five world records and was the first to skate 1,000 m below 1:20.0. After the 1972 season, Eriksen joined the European long track skaters' professional league, the International Speedskating League.
;World records
DisciplineTimeDateLocation
3000 m4.33,028 February 1963Oslo
1000 m1.20,59 March 1968Inzell
1000 m1.20,38 February 1969Inzell
1000 m1.19,51 March 1969Inzell
1000 m1.19,215 January 1971Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
;Personal records