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Roald Aas

1928 - 2012

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Roald Edgar Aas (25 March 1928 – 18 February 2012) was a speed skater and cyclist from Norway. He was born in Oslo. Aas was the number two speed skater in Norway through the entire 1950s—initially after Hjalmar Andersen, later after Knut Johannesen. He became Norwegian champion once, in 1956, but finished second seven times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roald Aas is the 23rd most popular skater (down from 20th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Norway (up from 221st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Roald Aas ranks 23 out of 483Before him are Tonya Harding, Dick Button, Donald Jackson, Oleg Protopopov, Karol Divín, and Ludowika Jakobsson. After him are Lidiya Skoblikova, Helene Engelmann, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Heinrich Burger, Ard Schenk, and Robert Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Roald Aas ranks 268Before him are Bella Davidovich, Jacques Dupont, Hiroshi Nakajima, Alan Sillitoe, Sohrab Sepehri, and Robert M. Pirsig. After him are Annie Cordy, Ian Bannen, Amata Kabua, Joss Ackland, Arthur Melvin Okun, and Ciriaco De Mita. Among people deceased in 2012, Roald Aas ranks 189Before him are George Kerr, Gevork Vartanian, Takeshi Urata, Genichi Taguchi, Georges Mathieu, and Avraham Adan. After him are Carlo Rambaldi, Marvin Hamlisch, Ramaz Shengelia, Maurice Sendak, Claude Miller, and Michel Duchaussoy.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Roald Aas ranks 209 out of 1,039Before him are Gunnar Staalesen (1947), Åge Hareide (1953), Arne Brustad (1912), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Egil Danielsen (1933), and Nils Christie (1928). After him are Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Jens Munk (1579), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), and Kristine Bonnevie (1872).

Among SKATERS In Norway

Among skaters born in Norway, Roald Aas ranks 6Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Axel Paulsen (1855), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), and Fred Anton Maier (1938). After him are Alexia Bryn (1889), Odd Lundberg (1917), Knut Johannesen (1933), Roar Grønvold (1946), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Finn Helgesen (1919).