Peder Kongshaug (born 13 August 2001) is a Norwegian speed skater. He is a 2022 Olympic champion in team pursuit.
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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 2001 Wimbledon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stavanger Sandnes Skøyteklubb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editKongshaug is the son of Peer Albert Kongshaug, who represented Norway in sailing and placed eighth at the 1988 Flying Dutchman World Championship in Medemblik, Netherlands.
At the 2020 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in February 2020, Kongshaug won the gold medal in the 1000m event.[1] He took part in the 2021 European Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen where he sixth place in the 500m and also finished in the 10th and 19th place in the 1000m and 5000m events respectively. At the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in 2021, he finished 14th in the 1000m, 18th in the 5000m and was not selected for the team pursuit.
At the 2022 European Speed Skating Championships, Kongshaug finished 7th place in the 1500m and 17th place in the mass-start. Having qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which took place in February 2022, where in the 1500m event, he finished 1.18 s behind the Dutch champion Kjeld Nuis, having competed in the tenth race against the silver medalist Thomas Krol. With Kongshaug's teammates Hallgeir Engebråten and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, the Norwegian relay obtained the best qualifying time then won in the semi-final against the Dutch and then against the Russians in the final, the latter having nevertheless established a new Olympic record in their duel against the Americans.[2]
Personal records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 metres | 35.86 | 2 December 2022 | Calgary | |
| 1000 metres | 1:10.32 | 13 February 2021 | Heerenveen | |
| 1500 metres | 1:42.66 | 18 February 2024 | Calgary | |
| 3000 metres | 3:44.22 | 14 August 2021 | Hamar | |
| 5000 metres | 6:13.51 | 19 November 2022 | Heerenveen | |
| 10000 metres | 13:12.15 | 17 December 2022 | Calgary | |
He is currently in 21st position in the adelskalender with 147.111 points.[4]
References
edit- ^ "ISU WORLD JUNIOR SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu.
- ^ "la Norvège sacrée championne olympique de poursuite par équipes hommes à Beijing 2022". olympics.com.
- ^ "Peder Kongshaug". Speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
External links
edit- Peder Kongshaug at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
- Peder Kongshaug in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Peder Kongshaug at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Peder Kongshaug at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Peder Kongshaug at Olympics.com
- Peder Kongshaug at the International Skating Union
- Peder Kongshaug at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
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