Dag Fornæss
Dag Fornæss 
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| birthday | June 30, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Hamar | ||||||||||||||||||
| size | 1.78 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dag Fornæss (born June 30, 1948 in Hamar ) is a former Norwegian speed skater .
Fornæss won the all- around world champion in Deventer in 1969 . In the same year he also won the European Championship and ran a world record over 3000 meters. In 1971 he was able to become European champion again. For his success he was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy . He also won the election for Norway's Sportsman of the Year .
His grandfather Engebret Skogen won at the Olympic Games in 1912 in Stockholm a bronze medal in shooting.
Web links
- Statistics at SpeedSkatingStats
- Dag Fornæss in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Fornæss, Dag |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian speed skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamar |