Rolf Falk-Larssen
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Born | Trondheim, Norway | 21 February 1960||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Trondhjems Skøiteklub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 500 m: 37.88 (1988) 1000 m: 1:15.42 (1988) 1500 m: 1:54.26 (1987) 3000 m: 4:02.79 (1987) 5000 m: 6:50.93 (1987) 10 000 m: 14:30.34 (1982) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rolf Falk-Larssen (born 21 February 1960) is a former speed skater.
Representing Trondhjems Skøiteklub,[1] Rolf Falk-Larssen made his international debut at the European Allround Championships of 1982 and he was in the lead after three distances. On the final distance (the 10,000 m), he was paired against Tomas Gustafson, the number two after three distances. With just one lap left to go in that 10,000 m, it seemed that Falk-Larssen would be crowned as the new European Champion, but Gustafson skated an extraordinary last lap, setting a new world record of 14:23.59, and beating Falk-Larssen (who skated a great 14:30.34– a new Norwegian record) by 0.021 points (equivalent to just 0.42 seconds of difference on the 10,000 m). So Falk-Larssen won silver, and he would win a second European Allround silver medal in 1984. Three weeks later, at the 1982 World Allround Championships, Falk-Larssen won bronze.
In 1983, at the age of 22, Falk-Larssen won the World Allround Championships in
Being a typical allrounder, Falk-Larssen was not specialised enough to win an Olympic medal; he participated in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, but his best result in six races during those two Olympics was only a twelfth place. Falk-Larssen twice held world records in the allround small combination (500 m– 3,000 m– 1,500 m– 5,000 m), in 1982 and 1983. Falk-Larssen competed internationally until 1994. He won numerous medals at various Norwegian Championships.
He married speed skater Mona Iversen and has five children. Their daughters June Falk-Larssen and Mia Falk-Larssen are figure skaters at national level and their son Svein-Petter Falk-Larssen is an ice hockey player at national level.[2]
Medals
An overview of medals won by Falk-Larssen at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
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Winter Olympics | – | – | – |
World Allround | 1983 | – | 1982 |
World Sprint | – | – | – |
World Cup |
– | – | 1988 (1,500 m) |
European Allround | – | 1982 1984 |
– |
Norwegian Allround | 1982 1983 1984 1985 1988 |
– | 1986 |
Norwegian Sprint | – | 1982 1987 |
– |
Norwegian Single Distance | 1988 (1,000 m) 1988 (1,500 m) 1993 (1,500 m) |
– | 1988 (500 m) 1993 (5,000 m) 1994 (1,000 m) |
Records
World records
Over the course of his career, Falk-Larssen skated two
Discipline | Time | Date | Location |
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Small combination | 162.734 | January 17, 1982 | Davos
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Small combination | 161.758 | January 23, 1983 | Davos |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[3]
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Falk-Larssen skated his personal records.
Event | Result | Date | Venue | WR |
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500 m | 37.88 | 5 March 1988 | Medeo |
36.45 |
1,000 m | 1:15.42 | 18 February 1988 | Calgary | 1:12.58 |
1,500 m | 1:54.26 | 21 March 1987 | Heerenveen | 1:52.70 |
3,000 m | 4:02.79 | 19 March 1987 | Heerenveen | 4:03.22 |
5,000 m | 6:50.93 | 4 December 1987 | Calgary | 6:45.44 |
10,000 m | 14:30.34 | 31 January 1982 | Oslo |
14:26.71 |
Big combination | 162.062 | 15 February 1987 | Heerenveen | 160.807 |
Note that Falk-Larssen's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a world record because Leo Visser skated 3:59.27 at the same tournament.
Falk-Larssen has an Adelskalender score of 160.576 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a ninth place.
References
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "Arven etter verdens-mesteren". 10 July 2006.
- ^ "Rolf Falk-Larssen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
External links
- Rolf Falk-Larssen at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
- Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages
- Historical World Records from the International Skating Union
- National Championships results from Norges Skøyteforbund (the Norwegian Skating Association)