Hans Engnestangen
Hans Engnestangen | ||||||||||||||||
nation | Norway | |||||||||||||||
birthday | March 28, 1908 | |||||||||||||||
place of birth | Brandbu | |||||||||||||||
date of death | May 9, 2003 | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Jevnaker | |||||||||||||||
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discipline | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||
End of career | 1940 | |||||||||||||||
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Hans Engnestangen (born March 28, 1908 in Brandbu ; † May 9, 2003 in Jevnaker ) was a Norwegian speed skater .
Engnestangen belonged to the so-called "Hadeland Trio", which also consisted of the speed skaters Ivar Ballangrud and Michael Staksrud and which dominated speed skating in the 1930s.
He became all-around world champion in Trondheim in 1933 . In 1935 in Oslo he won the bronze medal.
Narrow rods was especially strong on the short distances. He ran world records over 500 meters and 1500 meters, which remained unbroken for over thirteen years.
Personal bests
route | time | date | place |
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500 m | 41.8 sec -1 | February 5, 1938 | Davos |
1500 m | 2: 13.8 min-1 | March 28, 1939 | Davos |
5000 m | 8: 31.3 min | February 7, 1934 | Gjøvik |
10,000 m | 18: 06.9 min | February 19, 1933 | Trondheim |
¹ = world record at the time of the run
Web links
- Statistics at SpeedSkatingStats
- Hans Engnestangen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Narrow rods, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian speed skater |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brandbu |
DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 2003 |
Place of death | Jevnaker |