Ragne WIKLUND

Norway

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 9 May 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: OSLO

Birth Country:

Norway

Residence: SANDNES

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Speed Skating	Women's 1000m	18
	Women's 1500m	12
	Women's 3000m	5
	Women's 5000m	5
	Women's Team Pursuit NOR Norway	6

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 3000m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 1500m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 5000m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's Team Pursuit Final C	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Women's 1000m	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's Team Pursuit	2022	Heerenveen, NED
4	Women's 3000m	2022	Heerenveen, NED
5	Women's 1500m	2022	Heerenveen, NED
6	Women's Allround	2021	Heerenveen, NED
11	Women's Allround	2019	Collalbo, ITA
17	Women's 1500m	2020	Heerenveen, NED

World Single Distance Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 1500m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
4	Women's Team Pursuit	2021	Heerenveen, NED
4	Women's 3000m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
6	Women's 5000m	2021	Heerenveen, NED
19	Women's 1500m	2019	Inzell, GER

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's Allround	2019	Baselga di Pine, ITA
10	Women's Allround	2018	Salt Lake City, UT, USA

World Allround Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
21	Women's Allround	2019	Calgary, AB, CAN

World Cup
Season	Women's 1000m	Women's 1500m	Women's Team Pursuit	Women's Long Distances
2020/21		8	3	9
2019/20		39		29
2018/19	21	15		25
2017/18		74		73

Previous names:

NOR

Hobbies:

Football, cross-country skiing

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Currently pursuing a bachelor in environmental physics and energy at Norwegian University of Environmental and Life Sciences at Aas (NOR) (khrono.no, 5 Mar 2021)

Family:

Father, Jo. Mother, Berit Sofie (nee Grydeland).

Languages spoken:

Norwegian, English

Club name:

Aktiv SK

Coach:

National: Edel Therese Hoiseth (NOR)

Other sports:

Orienteering: Two Junior World Championship appearances (2017, 2018), winning relay bronze in 2018. Won the relay event at the 2020 National Championships.

Debut:

2010 Siste Indre in Oslo (500m - 20th)
2017 World Cup in Stavanger (1500m B - 22nd, 5000m B - 26th)

Start:

Started skating in 2003 in Oslo. (isu.org)

Reason:

"My friends took up speed skating and therefore I decided to start too." (isu.org)

Ambition:

"I have always seen the Olympics as my goal, but at the same time I was very realistic. I thought that the 2022 Olympics would be to gain experience, with the Olympics in 2026 as the main goal, but now [after winning a world title in 2021] it is possible that I will have to reconsider my Olympic ambitions." (dagbladet.no, 15 Feb 2021)

Memorable:

Winning 1500m gold at the 2021 World Championships in Heerenveen. (isu.org)

Influence:

Father. (isu.org)

Philosophy:

"I just enjoy." (isu.org)

General Interest

TALENTED
With an orienteering world junior medal, she joins both Norwegian female world champions as successful two-sport athletes. Back-to-back world champion Laila Schou Nilsen (1937-38) was also an Olympic bronze medallist in alpine skiing (1936) and competed in tennis, handball and rally racing on a national level; while Lake Placid 1980 Olympic gold medallist Bjorg Eva Jensen won a national track cycling title.

"I think it is very important [to compete in other sports]. For the mental, it's nice to have a different environment to switch to. As skaters, we are often together, so it's nice to have a break too. Physically, it is only positive". (vg.no, 14 Feb 2021)

Milestones

Finished fifth in both the 3000m and the 5000m at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Her 1500m title at the 2021 World Championships was the first world title for a Norwegian woman in 83 years. Her predecessor, Laila Schou Nilsen, won the allround crown in 1938. Wiklund's gold was also the first medal of any colour by a Norwegian woman at the World Single Distance Championships (held since 1996).

Won the 3000m at the 2019 World Junior Championships, and became the first Norwegian woman to win a junior world title since Bjorg Eva Jensen in 1980.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/ragne.wiklund
https://www.instagram.com/ragnewiklund/
Athlete Website: https://vsco.co/ragnew/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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