Jørn Didriksen is a former speed skater

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 from Norway

Norway

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Representing Oslo Idrettslag, Didriksen specialised in the sprint and participated in the World Sprint Championships

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1970. The first two years , they were called the ISU Sprint Championships.-Medal winners:-All-time medal count:- References :*...

 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

1976 Winter Olympics

The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria...

 of Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, he won a silver medal on the 1,000 m behind Peter Mueller

Peter Mueller (skater)

Peter Alan Mueller is a former speed skater and currently a speed skating coach....

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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.

Event	Result	Date	Venue	WR
500 m	38.7	11 January 1977	Hamar Hamar is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...	37.00
1,000 m	1:17.34	20 March 1977	Medeo Medeo The Medeu , or Medeo , is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. It is located in a mountain valley on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Medeu sits 1,691 metres above sea level, making it the highest skating rink in the world...	1:15.33
1,500 m	2:05.8	4 February 1977	Oslo Bislett stadion Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...	1:55.61
3,000 m	4:37.1	31 January 1971	Inzell Eisstadion Inzell Eisstadion Inzell is a stadium located in Inzell, Germany, best known as a speed skating venue. It is an outdoor, artificial ice, rink, located 690 metres above sea level and has a capacity of 20,000 people...	4:12.6
5,000 m	8:11.0	11 February 1973	Elverum Elverum is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum...	7:09.8

External links

• Jørn Didriksen at SkateResults.com
• Jørn Didriksen. Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V. (German Skating Association).
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• Historical World Records. International Skating Union.
• National Championships results. Norges Skøyteforbund (Norwegian Skating Association).