Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
	At the National Sprint Championship 2012 in Asker
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	2 October 1992; Bergen, Norway
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Speed skating
Olympic Games
World Sprint Championships

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]

Career

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 1000 m for the 2012 World Junior Championships after the original winner Pavel Kulizhnikov was disqualified for a doping offence.^[3] Lorentzen represents Fana IL. Football player Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen is a younger brother of Håvard.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Lorentzen surpassed expectations by winning the gold medal at the 500 m event and silver in the 1000 m event.

Records

Personal records

Updated February 2018

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
Personal records^[4]
Men's speed skating
500 m	34.41	9 December 2017	Salt Lake City, United States	NR
500 m	34.41 (t)	19 February 2018	Gangneung, South Korea	NR (t)
1000 m	1:06.98	2 December 2017	Calgary, Canada	NR
1500 m	1:44.45	15 November 2013	Salt Lake City, United States
3000 m	3:49.83	2 November 2013	Salt Lake City, United States
5000 m	6:39.99	7 November 2010	Hamar, Norway
10000 m	14.40.65	24 February 2013	Hamar, Norway

World records

List of World Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.

Time	Date	Place	Course	Event	Duration
Junior men – Team pursuit (8 laps)
3.54,68	March 6, 2010	GER, Berlin	Sportforum Hohenschönhausen	Jr. WC final – 2009/10	Beaten 2 years later
3.50,02	March 14, 2010	RUS, Moscow	Ice Palace Krylatskoye	Junior-WC 2010	1 year 8 months 6 days
3.47,45	November 20, 2011	RUS, Chelyabinsk	Uralskaja Molnija	WC nr. 1 – 2011/12	Current record

Olympic records

List of Olympic Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.

Time	Date	Place	Course	Event	Duration
Senior men - 500 m
34,41	February 19, 2018	KOR, PyeongChang	Gangneung Oval	Winter Olympics 2018	Current record

World Cup

Overall in the World cup

Updated after the 2013/14 season.

Season	500 m		1 000 m		1 500 m		5 000 m/10 000 m		Mass start		Team pursuit
Season	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points
2010/11	–	–	44	008 p	38	14 p	52	2 p	-	-	–	–
2011/12	–	–	19	095 p	24	45 p	–	–	37	00 p	–	–
2012/13	47	0 p	48	009 p	51	00 p	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013/14	49	4 p	10	173 p	20	72 p	–	–	17	10 p	3	270 p

References

↑ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 99.
↑ McClellan, John (2007–2012). "Speedskatingresults.com". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
↑ Lote, Arve; Olset, Carina (14 September 2012). "Russisk doping ga norsk VM-gull". NRK. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
↑ "Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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[1] Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014. p. 99.

[ssr-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.

[4] "Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.