... Jos Valentine -- joining the pro circus after the 1973 season, for some reason not participating in '74, and as the only ex-pro allowed to start in...
Lots of confusion about Eskil Ervik's future role in Norewegian speed skating these days: Some sources say that Ervik's head hunted by Olympiatoppen (the 'top...
I don`t know if he ever retired completely, but Jurij Jumasjev had a comeback on top level in 1970 (ECh/14 and WCh/15). regards øyvind erstad ... From:...
Of course we shouldn't forget Pawel Abratkiewicz who came back after a long time in a speed-skating wilderness (injuries) and was quite successful then. Then,...
Olaf Zinke took a year off after his Olympic gold medal, didn't he? And returned with a 6th place in '94. What about Hans van Helden in '75? He was injured,...
What about Atje Keulen-Deelstra (born 31-12-1938) who quittted her kortebaan career in 1963 (2nd in national championship) and returned in 1967 (after given...
... What about Hjallis - taking 1953-season off ? - but didn't reach the 52-level ! mt...
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With the breakthrough of Martina Sábliková I guess that people would like some more information about Czech and Czecho-Slovak women's speedskating of the...
Hana Bartovská is to be seen in the beginning of the film from WCh in Kuopio 1955. http://www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/?s=s&g=3&ag=17&t=358 regards øyvind erstad ...
We're looking for information about what kind of pads are best for the sides of a speedskating facility track. Such pads are mostly used for short track, but...
One of the best people to talk to would be Sean Maw - a long-time member of this list. He's conducted a lot of research into crash pads at the Olympic Oval...
Some days ago a friend of mine told me he had found no less than 11 consecutive editions of Oslo Skøyteklubb’s Yearbook - the best written source for...
... Ough, maybe I should wipe my brother Fred off my Christmas list... ... Hm, the nearest I find is Davos Feb 9, 1969, but that's 3 world and 2 national...
... He has some results from November/December. Finished third in the Wilmersdorf inauguration races, behind the specialist sprinters Bjørang and Iversen, and...
... Well, my brother sold my oiginal Sgt.Pepper LP, and I still kind of love him (the record was worn beyond recognotion anyway). ... Same thing for me. I also...
Other shining days for Dutch speedskating who will not qualify: Davos, 09-02-1969 3 world records and 6 Dutch records by three Dutch skaters... Kees Verkerk...
Some days ago I mentioned Jurij Jumasjev as a comeback-skater (ECh/WCh 1970). According to DESG he is not on the list from the Sovjet Championships 1967/68, so...
Heerenveen, 19-03-1987 another Dutch record: Jan Ykema 37.42 so 2 world records and 6 Dutch records by six Dutch skaters...... ... From: "Dirk Broer"...
... I don't, since 1970 was the year I started my fan career. ... He had a slip in the 500 m which cost him perhaps the championship. He tried to catch up...
Evert Stenlund lists him as from 20-02-1941. Jos ... From: Øyvind Erstad To: skøyter Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:27 PM Subject: [Skate] Jumasjev. Some...
Jurij Jumasjev was not a comeback-skater as he skated every season at least at a national level from the 1958-59 season until the 1972-1973 season. Last result...
Me: Anyhow, browsing through these gems I noted that 4 Dutch records were broken in the same meet by 4 different skates, 2 of them being new WRs. Quiz: Where,...
Some Czech(o-Slovak) ladies results, 1933-1956retesting unbouncing just ignore; it's like a comeback of someone who never left, but was bounced out anyhow,...
The ISU issued a communication today with each country's top-5 results of past season. Each country? No, a lot of countries didn't bother to send their results...
Very nice to see some results from North Korea again, even some quite acceptable, and I wonder if they have claps. Perhaps a stupid question in 2007, but I...
Knut Johannesen retired as we all know in 1964, but in his last book - "På`n igjen" (p159) - he plan to make a comeback and start on Fagernes in March-65 to...