Synnøve Lie


Synnøve Lie was a Norwegian speed skater.

Biography

Representing Oslo Skøiteklub, Lie became Norwegian Allround Champion in 1933 after having already won the unofficial Norwegian Allround Championships the year before. At the unofficial 1933 World Allround Championships, she won silver, something she would repeat in 1935, while in 1934, she won bronze. In 1936, the World Allround Championships became official and Lie won the bronze medal there. In 1937, she would win silver and in 1938 bronze again.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Lie at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
World Allround-

1937
1936
1938
Norwegian Allround
1933		1936
1937
1939		1934
1935
1938
1940

Note that the World Allround Championships were unofficial from 1933 to 1935 and that the Norwegian Allround Championships were unofficial in 1932.

World records

Over the course of her career, Lie skated five world records:
EventResultDateVenue
1,500 m3:08.17 March 1932Oslo-Frogner
1,000 m1:51.220 March 1932Brandbu
500 m56.020 March 1932Brandbu
1,000 m1:48.114 January 1934Davos
500 m50.312 February 1934Oslo-Frogner

Norwegian records

Over the course of her career, Lie skated seven Norwegian records:
EventResultDateVenue
1,500 m3:08.17 March 1932Oslo-Frogner
1,000 m1:51.220 March 1932Brandbu
500 m56.020 March 1932Brandbu
500 m53.96 February 1933Oslo-Frogner
1,500 m2:58.76 February 1933Oslo-Frogner
500 m50.312 February 1934Oslo-Frogner
5000 m9:44.710 February 1938Oslo-Frogner

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Lie skated her personal records.
EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m49.930 January 1937Davos49.3
1,000 m1:42.231 January 1937Davos1:42.3
1,500 m2:43.224 February 1938Sandefjord2:38.1
3,000 m5:31.830 January 1937Davos6:12.0
5,000 m9:29.631 January 1937Davos10:15.3
Old combination213.26031 January 1937Davosnone

Note that Lie's personal records on the 1,000 m, the 3,000 m, and the 5,000 m were not world records because in all three cases Laila Schou Nilsen skated faster at the same tournament. Nilsen's respective times were 1:38.8, 5:29.6, and 9:28.3. Also note that the Old combination was not an official world record event, as governed by the International Skating Union, until 1949.