Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

At the National Sprint Championship 2012 in Asker
Personal information
Born (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992
Bergen
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) (2014)[1]
Sport
Country  Norway
Sport Speed Skating

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen ( /2hoːʋar 2hol̻meˌfjuːr 1luːn̺t̺sen/ , born 2 October 1992) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m distances.[2] Lorentzen has a 9th place from the World Cup races in Heerenveen in December 2011 as his best international senior result, and was awarded the gold medal for the 1000m for the 2012 World Junior Championships after the original winner Pavel Kulizhnikov was disqualified for a doping offence.[3] Lorentzen represents Fana IL. Footballplayer Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen is a younger brother of Håvard.

References

  1. ↑ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 99.
  2. ↑ McClellan, John (2007–2012). "Speedskatingresults.com". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Lote, Arve; Olset, Carina (14 September 2012). "Russisk doping ga norsk VM-gull". NRK. Retrieved 15 November 2012.


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