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Reidar Liaklev

1917 - 2006

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Reidar Kristofer Liaklev (15 July 1917 – 1 March 2006) was a speed skater from Norway who won the gold medal in the 5000 m event at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Liaklev was a long distance specialist, yet he won the European Allround Championships in 1948. Liaklev won bronze at the junior Norwegian Championships in 1939, and as for most athletes of his time, his career was interrupted by World War II. His first international senior tournament was the 1947 World Allround Championships, where he finished third on the 5,000 m, won the 10,000 m event, and placed fourth overall. In the first Winter Olympics after World War II, in February 1948, Liaklev won the 5000 m in a time of 8:29.4. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reidar Liaklev is the 1,625th most popular athlete (down from 943rd in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Norway (down from 366th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Norwegian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Reidar Liaklev ranks 1,625 out of 6,025. Before him are Edera Cordiale, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Erik Hartsuiker, Mikhail Krivonosov, Frank Shorter, and Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský. After him are Charles Jenkins Sr., Helmut Berthold, Vladimir Belousov, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, Brit Pettersen, and Ana Fidelia Quirot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Reidar Liaklev ranks 300. Before him are Barbara Burke, Isabel Sanford, Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, June Foray, and Gwendolyn Brooks. After him are Jo Stafford, Oswald Karch, Rufus Thomas, Zagir Ismagilov, Tadd Dameron, and Robert La Caze. Among people deceased in 2006, Reidar Liaklev ranks 317. Before him are Kenneth Lay, Lidia Wysocka, Andrey Petrov, Kaarlo Tuominen, Sofia Muratova, and Rosendo Hernández. After him are Muhammadu Maccido, Gösta Sandberg, Erik Elmsäter, Suzan Kahramaner, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, and Tony Jay.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Reidar Liaklev ranks 431 out of 1,039. Before him are Ole Lilloe-Olsen (1883), Jan Egil Storholt (1949), Lene Nystrøm (1973), Lasse Kjus (1971), Isak Saba (1875), and Tora Berger (1981). After him are Brit Pettersen (1961), Dag Otto Lauritzen (1956), Finn Kalvik (1947), Vigdis Hjorth (1959), C. J. Hambro (1885), and Knut Steen (1924).

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Among ATHLETES In Norway

Among athletes born in Norway, Reidar Liaklev ranks 41. Before him are Asbjørn Ruud (1919), Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Oskar Olsen (1897), Tore Berger (1944), Ole Lilloe-Olsen (1883), and Jan Egil Storholt (1949). After him are Brit Pettersen (1961), Babben Enger-Damon (1939), Emil Hegle Svendsen (1985), Fred Børre Lundberg (1969), Ernst Larsen (1926), and Bjørn Paulson (1923).

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