Martin Stixrud

Martin Stixrud
nation	Norway
birthday	February 9, 1876
place of birth	Oslo
date of death	January 8, 1964
Place of death	Oslo
Career
discipline	Single run
society	Oslo SK
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze Antwerp 1920 Men's  European figure skating championships bronze Stockholm 1912 Men's silver Oslo 1923 Men's

Martin Stixrud (born February 9, 1876 in Oslo , † January 8, 1964 ibid) was a Norwegian figure skater who started in a single run .

At the age of 44 years and 77 days, he won bronze in the men's figure skating at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp . He is the oldest winner of an Olympic medal in an individual competition in winter sports .

At the European Championship in 1912 , he won the bronze medal and after the break through the First World War , he was in 1923 in the domestic Oslo Vice European Champion behind Willy Böckl . Stixrud took part in four world championships . His best result was fourth place in 1922 . To this day he holds the record at Norwegian figure skating championships with his ten national titles (1913 and 1916 to 1924).

After finishing his active sports career, he was also a figure skating coach. One of his students was Sonja Henie .

Results

Competition / year	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
winter Olympics											3.
World championships		6th			11.								4th		7th
European championships	5.		3.	6th									5.	2.
Norwegian championships				1.			1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Martin Stixrud in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )