Sverre Lunde PEDERSEN

Norway
Speed Skating
17 Jul 1992
29
Male
1.80/5'10''
BERGEN
 
Norway
BERGEN
 
Norway

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Men's Team Pursuit
NOR
Norway
 1 Gold

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Men's Team Pursuit Final A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Team Pursuit (8 laps)2018PyeongChang, KOR
3Men's 5000m2018PyeongChang, KOR
5Men's 5000m2014Sochi, RUS
5Team Pursuit (8 laps)2014Sochi, RUS
8Men's 1500m2014Sochi, RUS
9Men's 1500m2018PyeongChang, KOR
Men's Mass Start2018PyeongChang, KOR
European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
3Men's Allround2021Heerenveen, NED
3Men's Team Pursuit2020Heerenveen, NED
3Men's Allround2019Collalbo, ITA
4Men's 1500m2020Heerenveen, NED
4Men's Allround2017Heerenveen, NED
4Men's Allround2015Chelyabinsk, RUS
4Men's Allround2013Heerenveen, NED
5Men's Allround2014Hamar, NOR
6Men's 5000m2020Heerenveen, NED
6Men's Allround2011Collalbo, ITA
7Men's Allround2012Budapest, HUN
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's 5000m2019Inzell, GER
2Men's Allround2020Hamar, NOR
2Men's Team Pursuit2019Inzell, GER
2Men's 1500m2019Inzell, GER
2Men's Team Pursuit2016Kolomna, RUS
3Men's Team Pursuit2017Gangneung, KOR
3Men's 5000m2016Kolomna, RUS
4Men's Team Pursuit2021Heerenveen, NED
4Men's 5000m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
4Men's 10000m2015Heerenveen, NED
5Men's Team Pursuit2013Sochi, RUS
5Men's 1500m2013Sochi, RUS
5Men's Team Pursuit2012Heerenveen, NED
5Men's Team Pursuit2011Inzell, GER
6Men's 5000m2018Gangneung, KOR
7Men's Team Pursuit2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7Men's 5000m2013Sochi, RUS
9Men's 1500m2021Heerenveen, NED
10Men's 1500m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
11Men's 5000m2015Heerenveen, NED
11Men's 1500m2015Heerenveen, NED
14Men's 1500m2018Gangneung, KOR
14Men's Mass Start2016Kolomna, RUS
15Men's 1500m2012Heerenveen, NED
15Men's 1500m2011Inzell, GER
17Men's 5000m2021Heerenveen, NED
17Men's 5000m2012Heerenveen, NED
World Allround Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Men's Allround2019Calgary, AB, CAN
2Men's Allround2018Amsterdam, NED
2Men's Allround2016Berlin, GER
3Men's Allround2015Calgary, AB, CAN
4Men's Allround2017Hamar, NOR
4Men's Allround2014Heerenveen, NED
4Men's Allround2013Hamar, NOR
8Men's Allround2012Moscow, RUS
14Men's Allround2011Calgary, AB, CAN
World Cup
SeasonMen's 1000mMen's 1500mMen's Long DistancesMen's Team PursuitMen's Mass Start
2020/21617
2019/202322
2018/19931
2017/1822
2016/17414
2015/16495326
2014/1534227
2013/143864
2012/1386
2011/121517
2010/1124
2009/106570
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Training and gaming. (Info 2018)

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Athlete

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Father, Jarle (former speed skater). Wife, Ingunn Traedal (married 18 May 2019). Son, Svein (born May 2020). Brother, Eirik.

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Norwegian, English

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Fana IL, Bergen (NOR)

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National: Bjarne Rykkje (NOR)

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Father Jarle (Speed skating): Placed sixth in the 500m at the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. Also competed in two sprint world championships and medaled in Norwegian championships. Also acted as Norwegian national team coach for several years.

Brother Eirik (Speed skating): Two-time Norwegian junior champion, competed in the 2004 and 2005 World Junior Championships. Raced in a number of World Cups in the 2005/06 season.

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14 November 2009 World Cup in Heerenveen (5000m B - 16th)

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May 2021: Broken hand after fall while cycling. Missed first World Cups. (schaatsen.nl, 5 Oct 2021)

2015/2016: Knee problems throughout the season. (isu.org, 2022)

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2009

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At age three in Bergen (NOR).

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His father and older brother were skating so he took it up as well. (Info 2018)

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"Win gold in the 1,500 m, 5,000 m and team pursuit in Beijing 2022." (vg.no, 22 Jun 2020)

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Havard Lorentzen (NOR), speed skater. (Info 2018)

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His father. (Info 2018)

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"Train hard." (Info 2018)

General Interest

DISAPPOINTMENTS AND BOUNCING BACK
In the 2018 Olympics, despite winning gold with the team pursuit, Sverre Lunde Pedersen feels he could have done better. In the 5000m, he missed silver by two thousandths of a second, while in the 1500m he had a misstep due to poor ice conditions left by a previous skater. And after the Games, his luck turned even worse: At the 2018 World Allround Championships, held in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, Pedersen seemed set to win his first-ever world title. With just the 10000m to skate, he had a comfortable lead and seemed set to win the first Norwegian gold in the event since 1994, but at two thirds, his left skate got stuck after his right leg, and he fell. "It happened so fast, I don't know what happened. I rarely ever fall. I don't know what to say". The following season he countered with his first individual world title, beating all in the 5000m at the 2019 World Single Distance Championships. "It's insane. It hasn't really landed. The way I did it... it was amazing. Everything went well and I never lost speed." In Beijing, he aims to do the same. (nrk.no, 7 Feb 2019; nos.nl, 11 Mar 2018; vg.no, 22 Jun 2020)

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