Jørn Didriksen
{{short description|Norwegian speed skater}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's speed skating}}
{{MedalSilver|1976 Innsbruck|1,000 m}}
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Jørn Didriksen (born 27 August 1953) is a former speed skater from Norway.
Representing Oslo Idrettslag, Didriksen specialised in the sprint and participated in the World Sprint Championships three times. His best result there was a fourth place in 1975. That same year, he also became Norwegian Sprint Champion. At the 1976 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck, he won a silver medal on the 1,000m behind Peter Mueller.
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Didriksen skated his personal records.
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| Event | Result | Date | Venue | WR |
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|500 m | 38.7{{figure space}} | 11 January 1977 | align="left"|Hamar | 37.00 |
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|1,000 m | 1:17.34 | 20 March 1977 | align="left"|Medeo | 1:15.33 |
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|1,500 m | 2:05.8{{figure space}} | 4 February 1977 | align="left"|Oslo | 1:55.61 |
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|3,000 m | 4:37.1{{figure space}} | 31 January 1971 | align="left"|Inzell | 4:12.6{{figure space}} |
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|5,000 m | 8:11.0{{figure space}} | 11 February 1973 | align="left"|Elverum | 7:09.8{{figure space}} |
External links
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- [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/204 Jørn Didriksen at SkateResults.com]
- [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?name=DIDRIKSEN&fname=J%C3%B8rn&nat=NOR&lm=m Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205184935/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file%2C00.pdf Historical World Records]. International Skating Union.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208085628/http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/statistikk/nm_medaljer.pdf National Championships results]. Norges Skøyteforbund (Norwegian Skating Association).
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Category:Norwegian male speed skaters
Category:Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic speed skaters for Norway
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Category:Olympic medalists in speed skating
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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