Villy Haugen (born 27 September 1944) is a former

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 ...

from

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. Haugen earned a bronze medal in 1500 m. at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

. He came on eighth place on 500 m at the same Olympics. Haugen represented

SK Falken Sportsklubben Falken is a Norwegian speed skating club from Trondheim. The club was founded in 1925. It formerly had sections for association football, track and field, orienteering, Nordic skiing, ice hockey and dancing. The club was a member o ...

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

Personal records

41,1 - 1.25,0 - 2.09,9 - 4.42,4 - 8.17,5 - 17.47,2

References

External links

Villy Haugen at SpeedSkatingStats.com
* 1944 births Living people People from Leksvik Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Trøndelag 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub