Annette Bjelkevik (born 12 May 1978) is a Norwegian

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. She was born in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

and is the sister of Hedvig Bjelkevik. She competed in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m and team pursuit at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

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. She won several national titles in speed skating: 1000m in 2000, allround, 1000m and 1500m in 2001, 1000m and 1500m in 2003, 1500m and 3000m in 2004, 500m, 1000m and 1500m in 2005, sprint, 500m and 1000m in 2006, and 500m in 2007.

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* 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Arendal Norwegian female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics {{Norway-speed-skating-bio-stub