Per Willy Guttormsen

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Per Willy Guttormsen
Per Willy Guttormsen at the 1968 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1942-06-11) 11 June 1942 (age 82)
Narvik, Norway
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubAktiv SK

Per Willy Guttormsen (born 11 June 1942) is a former

speed skater
and cyclist. He was among the world's best long distance skaters in the 1960s.

Guttormsen's international breakthrough was his 6th place in the 1964 World Speed Skating Championships, at age 21. That year he was just outside the Norwegian three-man quota on the long distances at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He participated however in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, and in the 1968 Winter Olympics he won 4th places in both the 5000 m and 10000 m.[1]

Guttormsen held three world records in the course of his skating career. These lasted for 12.7 seconds, for about twenty minutes, and for ten and a half months, respectively.

The first of these was set in the allround

Inzell 10 March 1968. It lasted until Kees Verkerk
's legendary 15:03.6 on 26 January 1969.

He skated for Norway in each of the World Speed Skating Championships from 1964 to 1972, apart from 1970, and in these he was ranked 6, 12, 4, 7, 9, 8, 8, 13, respectively. Guttormsen's personal records are 41.2, 1:24.9, 2:04.6, 4:18.9, 7:14.9, 15:13.7. The affectionate and collectively used nickname for Guttormsen was Bettong, as in hard as concrete.

As a cyclist, he participated and finished the 1963 Peace Race.[2]

Guttormsen has been engaged in Sami politics, and has represented the political party Sámit Mátta/Lulli-Norggas.[3][4]

World records

Discipline Time Date Location
10,000 m 15.16,1 10 March 1968
Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[5]

References

  1. ^ Per Willy Guttormsen. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "XVI. Friedensfahrt 1963 - Starterliste".
  3. ^ "Guttormsen and Sami politics". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
  4. ^ Guttormsen on the Sámit Mátta/Lulli-Norggas list[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Per Willy Guttormsen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

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