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Fred Anton Maier

1938 - 2015

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Anton Maier is the 16th most popular skater (up from 17th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 204th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Norwegian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Fred Anton Maier ranks 16 out of 483. Before him are Ondrej Nepela, Clas Thunberg, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Walter Jakobsson, Åke Seyffarth, and Madge Syers. After him are Tonya Harding, Dick Button, Donald Jackson, Oleg Protopopov, Karol Divín, and Ludowika Jakobsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Fred Anton Maier ranks 243. Before him are Deniz Baykal, Paolo Romeo, Ralph Bakshi, Liya Akhedzhakova, Venedikt Yerofeyev, and Gianluigi Saccaro. After him are Andrei Amalrik, Larry Niven, Myechyslaw Hryb, Corine Rottschäfer, Theodor Kallifatides, and Girish Karnad. Among people deceased in 2015, Fred Anton Maier ranks 171. Before him are Adrian Frutiger, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Dragan Holcer, Ian Murdock, Giacomo Biffi, and E. L. Doctorow. After him are Moses Malone, Galina Prozumenshchikova, Chris Squire, Johanna Quandt, Jackie Collins, and Valentin Rasputin.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Fred Anton Maier ranks 202 out of 1,039. Before him are Helge Løvland (1890), Þorbjörn Hornklofi (900), Sigurd Hoel (1890), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Johan Bojer (1872), and Jon Elster (1940). After him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Åge Hareide (1953), Arne Brustad (1912), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Egil Danielsen (1933), and Nils Christie (1928).

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Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Fred Anton Maier ranks 5. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Axel Paulsen (1855), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), and Ivar Ballangrud (1904). After him are Roald Aas (1928), Alexia Bryn (1889), Odd Lundberg (1917), Knut Johannesen (1933), Roar Grønvold (1946), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Finn Helgesen (1919).

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