Fred Anton Maier


Fred Anton Maier 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 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.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Maier at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics1968 1964
1968 		1964
World Allround1968––
European Allround1968––
Norwegian Allround19651966
1967
1968		1961

Records

World records

Over the course of his career, Maier skated eleven world records:
DisciplineTimeDateLocationNotes
5000 m7.28,14 March 1965NotoddenBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 26 February 1967
10,000 m15.32,26 February 1966OsloBeaten by Maier himself
Big combination178.2536 February 1966OsloBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 12 February 1967
10,000 m15.31,828 February 1967InzellBeaten by Maier himself
5000 m7.26,27 January 1968DeventerBeaten by Maier himself
10,000 m15.29,521 January 1968HortenBeaten by Maier himself
10,000 m15.20,328 January 1968OsloBeaten by Per Willy Guttormsen on 10 March 1968
5000 m7.22,415 February 1968GrenobleBeaten by Maier himself
Big combination176.34025 February 1968GothenburgBeaten by Kees Verkerk on 10 March 1968
3000 m4.17,57 March 1968InzellBeaten by Dag Fornæss on 28 January 1969
5000 m7.16,79 March 1968InzellBeaten 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.
EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m41.83 February 1968Davos39.2
1,000 m1:24.31 December 1968Inzell1:20.5
1,500 m2:06.110 March 1968Inzell2:02.5
3,000 m4:17.57 March 1968Inzell4:18.4
5,000 m7:16.79 March 1968Inzell7:22.4
10,000 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.

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