Nils Aaness

Nils Egil Aaness (born 31 January 1936) is a former speed skater from Norway. Aaness competed on the Norwegian national team from 1959 to 1965, and thus became part of the Norwegian speedskating revolution under the trainer Stein Johnson. His best season was 1962/1963, when he won silver at the Norwegian Allround Championships, skated a world record on the big combination one week later (in late January), became European Allround Champion in Gothenburg early February, and won bronze at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships of Karuizawa three weeks after that.

Nils Egil Aaness receives the laurel wreath from Prince Bertil at 1963 European Allround Speed Skating Championships for men at Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg.

Nils Aaness had his best years alongside Knut Johannesen, and usually ended up a good number two after him. Aaness won a total of three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Norwegian Championships – every time behind Johannesen.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Aaness at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships Gold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics
World Allround1963
European Allround1963
Norwegian Allround1961
1962
1963
1964

Records

World record

Over the course of his career, Aaness skated one world record:

DisciplineTimeDateLocation
Big combination180.56027 January 1963 Oslo

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Aaness skated his personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m41.626 January 1963Oslo40.2
1,000 m1:26.725 February 1964Oslo1:22.8
1,500 m2:10.628 February 1960Squaw Valley2:06.3
3,000 m4:35.025 February 1965Oslo4:27.3
5,000 m7:42.826 January 1963Oslo7:45.6
10,000 m15:54.924 February 1963Karuizawa15:46.6

Note that Aaness's personal record on the 5,000 m was not a world record because Knut Johannesen skated 7:37.8 at the same tournament.

Aaness has an Adelskalender score of 179.158 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a second place.

References

  1. "Nils Aaness". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
Awards
Preceded by
Jonny Nilsson
Oscar Mathisen Award
1963
Succeeded by
Ants Antson
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