Anette Tønsberg (born 2 April 1970) is a Norwegian

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Biography

Anette Tønsberg was born in

Lørenskog is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. A suburb of Oslo, it is part of the Oslo urban area and the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipa ...

and represented the club Aurskog/Finstadbru SK. She competed at the

1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ...

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and at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

in Nagano. She was Norwegian all-round champion 1994-1998 and in 2002. Her personal best times were 40.24 in the 500 metres (1999); 1:18.50 in the 1000 metres (1999); 2:00.10 in the 1500 metres (1998); 4:12.92 in the 3000 metres (1998) and 7:21.57 in the 5000 metres (1999). During her career she set 23 Norwegian speed-skating records, at the distances 1500 m, 3000 m, and 5000 m, and all-round.

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* 1970 births Living people People from Aurskog-Høland Speed skaters from Akershus Sportspeople from Lørenskog Norwegian female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics {{Norway-speed-skating-bio-stub