Ida Njåtun

Ida Njåtun
Njåtun in 2011
Personal information
Nationality Norwegian
Born (1991-02-06) 6 February 1991
Bærum, Norway
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) (2014)[1]
Sport
Country Norway
Sport Speed skating
Medal record
World Allround Championships
2015 CalgaryAllround
Updated on 8 March 2015.

Ida Njåtun  /2iːda 2njoːˌtʉːn/  (born 6 February 1991) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 1500 and 3000 metres distances.[2] She won her first medal at a Norwegian senior championship in 2008, and became Norwegian allround champion in 2011.[3] Njåtun withdrew from defending her national title the following season due to illness.[4] Njåtun has been on the podium in the World Cup once, in Berlin 2010.[5] She represents the club Asker SK.

During the 2014-15 World Cup season, she came sixth in the 1500 metres overall ranking (with four individual fourth places, including at the World Cup Final in Erfurt). Despite coming in seventh place at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she came back to win the bronze medal at the 2015 World Allround Championships. Njåtun's medal was the first by a Norwegian female skater at the World Allround Championships since Bjørg Eva Jensen in 1980. During the competition, Njåtun also won the 1500 metres event and set a new national distance record of 1:52.71.

Njåtun came fifth in the 2015-16 World Cup 1500 metres rankings, but only finished in tenth place at the 2016 World Single Distance Championships. She also failed to qualify for the final distance at the 2016 World Allround Championships, finishing as number nine.

References

  1. ↑ Norway Olympic Team and Media Guide Sochi 2014. Norway: Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 2014.
  2. ↑ McClellan, John (2007–2012). "Speedskatingresults.com". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Teigen, Magne (4 November 2012). "Medaljevinnere i norske mesterskap på skøyter ( pr. 4. nov 2012 )" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  4. ↑ NTB (11 February 2012). "Njåtun tilbake i slag". Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Rove Bentsen, Anders; Olset, Carina (19 November 2010). "Treneren gråt for Ida Njåtun". Retrieved 15 November 2012.


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