Sigrid Sundby
 Sundby at the 1972 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sigrid Milfrid Sundby | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 July 1942 Rakkestad | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 July 1977 (aged 35) Oslo | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
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Sigrid Milfrid Sundby (13 July 1942 – 24 July 1977) was a Norwegian speed skater who competed internationally in the 1960s and 1970s.
Personal life
Sundby was born in Rakkestad on 13 July 1942.[1]
Skating career
She competed at the Winter Olympics in 1968, 1972 and 1976. Her best Olympic results were 4th in the 1500 metres, 6th in 500 metres, and 6th in 1000 metres at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.[2] She won a bronze medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1970.[1]
Sundby dominated women's skating nationally for about a decade, winning the Norwegian allround championships in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1973.[3] She also won two national sprint titles.[1]
Sundby died in Oslo on 24 July 1977, 35 years old.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Bryhn, Rolf. "Sigrid Sundby". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Profile: Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "skøyter - norgesmestere i hurtigløp". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
External links
- Sigrid Sundby in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Sigrid Sundby at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Sigrid Sundby at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Sigrid Sundby at Olympics.com
- Sigrid Sundby at Olympedia
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