Hasse Börjes
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| Born | 25 January 1948 Rättvik, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
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Hasse Börjes (born 25 January 1948) is a Swedish speed skater, Olympic silver medalist and former world record holder in the 500 m.
Born in Rättvik, at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo Börjes was silver medalist at the 500 meter speed skating event.[1] During those games he also was the Swedish flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]
Hasse Börjes improved the world record on 500m three times in 1970 (38.9 seconds, 38.87, and 38.46 seconds), and equaled the then record in 1972 (38.0 seconds).[3]
World records[edit]
| Discipline | Time | Date | Location |
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| 500 m | 0.38,9 | 18 January 1970 |  Davos
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| 500 m | 0.38,87 | 25 January 1970 |  Medeo
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| 500 m | 0.38,46 | 8 March 1970 |  Inzell
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| Sprint combination | 163.300 | 12 December 1971 |  Kongsberg
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| 500 m | 0.38,0 | 4 March 1972 | Inzell
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Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "1972 Winter Olympics – Sapporo, Japan – Speed Skating" Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
- ^ "Fakta: Tidigare svenska fanbärare" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Historical World Records Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine – International Skating Union (Retrieved on April 9, 2008)
- ^ "Hasse Börjes". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
External links[edit]
- Hasse Börjes at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Hasse Börjes in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Hasse Börjes at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Hasse Börjes at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Hasse Börjes at Olympedia
- Hasse Börjes at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Rättvik Municipality
- Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters for Sweden
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- World record setters in speed skating
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Swedish male speed skaters
- Sportspeople from Dalarna County
- 20th-century Swedish people