Willy Olsen (born 28 February 1950) is a retired 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 ...
from
Tynset Municipality
Tynset is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tynset (town), ...
who competed internationally in the 1970s. His strength was in the long distances, and he won the 5000 metres event at the national championship in 1972. At the
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside ...
in Sapporo, he finished 5th in the 5000 metres.
Olsen joined the first professional league, ''International Speed Skating League'', in 1973. After the dissolution of the league in 1974, Olsen became a speed skating coach.
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1950 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Norwegian speed skating coaches
Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Norway
People from Tynset
Speed skaters from Innlandet
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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