- Göran Claeson
Göran Claeson (born
4 March 1945 ) is a former speed skater fromSweden .__NOTOC__Claeson participated in the 1,500 m at the1968 Winter Olympics ofGrenoble , but finished only 20th. In 1969, at the first European Allround Championships in which Claeson participated, he won bronze. Three weeks later, at the first World Allround Championships in which he participated, he won silver. More international medals followed during the next few years, but none of them were gold. Then, after the 1971-1972 season, two of the world's top skaters,Ard Schenk andKees Verkerk , joined a newly formed professional league. Another top skater,Dag Fornæss , retired from speed skating. The following season, Claeson promptly became both European and World Allround Champion.Claeson won several more medals, including a bronze medal on the 1,500 m at the
1972 Winter Olympics ofSapporo . In 1975, he entered the European Allround Championships as the reigning European Champion, but he finished only 11th. He retired from speed skating that same year.Medals
An overview of medals won by Claeson at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Claeson has an
Adelskalender score of 168.868 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a second place.References
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/165 Göran Claeson at SkateResults.com]
* [http://www.desg.de/skater.php?anzeige=skater&skater=2735 Göran Claeson] from "Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V." (the German Skating Association)
* [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?name=CLAESON&fname=G%C3%B6ran&nat=SWE&lm=m Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database]
* [http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages]
* [http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-181527-198745-nav-list,00.html Historical World Records] from the "International Skating Union"
* [http://www.skridsko.org/t3.asp?p=139102 National Champions] from "Svenska Skridskoförbundet" (the Swedish Skating Association)
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