__NOTOC__ Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances.
Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000 m and bronze on the 5,000 m at the 1964 Olympics, and gold on the 5,000 m and silver on the 10,000 m at the 1968 Olympics. In 1968, he also became European and World Allround Champion. In total, Maier set eleven world records. For a brief week in 1968 he held four world records simultaneously, the 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the allround samalogue record.
In addition, Maier excelled in cycling, winning two National Time Trial Championships bronze medals (in 1957 and 1967). In 1967, he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris and in 1968, he won the Oscar Mathisen Award and was chosen Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year.
Maier died from cancer on 9 June 2015 at the age of 76.Fred Anton Maier er død The Tønsberg Stadion was renamed in 2015, to take his name and a statue of Maier was erected at the stadium's south entrance.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Maier at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Winter Olympics 1968 (5,000 m) 1964 (10,000 m) 1968 (10,000 m) 1964 (5,000 m) World Allround 1968 – – European Allround 1968 – – Norwegian Allround 1965 1966 1967 1968 1961
Records
World records Over the course of his career, Maier skated eleven world records:
DisciplineTimeDateLocationNotes5000 m7.28,14 March 1965 NotoddenBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 26 February 196710,000 m15.32,26 February 1966 OsloBeaten by Maier himself (see below)Big combination178.2536 February 1966 OsloBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 12 February 196710,000 m15.31,828 February 1967 InzellBeaten by Maier himself (see below)5000 m7.26,27 January 1968 DeventerBeaten by Maier himself (see below)10,000 m15.29,521 January 1968 HortenBeaten by Maier himself (see below)10,000 m15.20,328 January 1968 OsloBeaten by Per Willy Guttormsen on 10 March 19685000 m7.22,415 February 1968 GrenobleBeaten by Maier himself (see below)Big combination176.34025 February 1968 GothenburgBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 10 March 19683000 m4.17,57 March 1968 InzellBeaten by Dag Fornæss on 28 January 19695000 m7.16,79 March 1968 InzellBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 1 March 1969
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
Personal records To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Maier skated his personal records.
EventResultDateVenueWR500 m41.83 February 1968Davos39.21,000 m1:24.31 December 1968Inzell1:20.51,500 m2:06.110 March 1968Inzell2:02.53,000 m4:17.57 March 1968Inzell4:18.45,000 m7:16.79 March 1968Inzell7:22.410,000 m15:20.328 January 1968Bislett15:29.5
Maier has an Adelskalender score of 173.518 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a second place.
Biography Maier forteller til Knut Bjørnsen (Aschehoug, Oslo, 1968)
References
External links Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages