Håvard Bøkko

Håvard Bøkko

Håvard Bøkko during the World Championships 2007 in Heerenveen
Personal information
Nickname(s)	The Shadow
Born	2 February 1987 (1987-02-02) Hønefoss, Norway
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Country	Norway
Turned pro	2004
Medal record Men's speed skating Competitor for Norway Olympic Games Bronze 2010 Vancouver 1500 m World Championships Gold 2011 Inzell 1500 m Silver 2008 Nagano Allround Silver 2009 Vancouver 5000 m Silver 2009 Vancouver 10000 m Silver 2009 Hamar Allround Silver 2011 Calgary Allround Bronze 2010 Heerenveen Allround European Championships Silver 2008 Kolomna Allround Silver 2009 Heerenveen Allround Bronze 2006 Hamar Allround Bronze 2012 Budapest Allround

Håvard Bøkko (born 2 February 1987 in Hønefoss) is a Norwegian speedskater, widely considered to be one of the most promising talents for many years, with junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.

Speed skating career

In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World Champion, winning the three longest distances. In the European Speedskating Championships he won the bronze in 2006, was no. 4 in 2007, and caught the silver in 2008 and 2009 (on both occasions trailing Sven Kramer). In the World Allround Speedskating Championships he was no. 4 in 2007 and won the overall silver medal, after Sven Kramer, in both 2008 and 2009. At the latter occasion he managed the feat of reaching the podium for each of the four distances (silver, gold, silver, silver for 500-m, 1500-m, 5000-m, 10000-m). He went on to win the silver medal in the 2009 World World Single Distances 5000-m and the 10000-m, only beaten by Kramer.

In November 2005 he broke three junior world records in two weeks. On 5 November he raced 3000 metres on 3:43.66, on the 13th he raced 5000 metres in 6:18.93 and on the 18th he broke the 1500 metres record with 1:46.07. As of March 2009, he is ranked 4th in the Speedskating Adelskalender and is the highest ranking Norwegian on this list.

As of March 2009, Bøkko holds the Norwegian records in the 1500-m (1:42.67), the 5000-m (6:09.94) and the allround samalogue event (148.077), and is with Sverre Haugli and Henrik Christiansen also on the team that holds the national record 3:42.88 in the Team Pursuit event. His 3:39.28 result from February 2009 is the 3rd best 3000-m time ever (after Eskil Ervik , Chad Hedrick). Also, as of March 2009, only six skaters (Shani Davis, Denny Morrison, Trevor Marsicano, Erben Wennemars, Simon Kuipers, Chad Hedrick) have skated the 1500-m faster than Bøkko's 1:42.67; and only four skaters (Sven Kramer, Enrico Fabris, Carl Verheijen, Chad Hedrick) have skated the 5000-m faster than his 6:09.94.

Development

Season	Age	500 metres	1000 metres	1500 metres	3000 metres	5000 metres	10 000 metres
1995 /96	9	55.6	2:06.3	-	-	-	-
1996 /97	10	52.0	1:58.8	-	-	-	-
1997 /98	11	50.63	1:54.8	-	-	-	-
1998 /99	12	48.41	1:35.9	2:27.3	-	-	-
1999 /00	13	46.50	1:33.07	2:25.77	5:22.6 -	-	-
2000 /01	14	44.40	1:30.09	2:17.56	5:03.9 -	-	-
2001 /02	15	41.82	1:24.29	2:09.38	4:35,44 -	9:00,2	18:46.2
2002 /03	16	39.88	1:20.34	2:02.38	4:17.66 -	-	-
2003 /04	17	38.46	1:17.6	1:57.98	4:05.32 -	7:05.00	-
2004 /05	18	37.00	1:12.87	1:50.75	4:00.37 -	6:31.91	13:46.08
2005 /06	19	36.65	1:10.57	1:46.07	3:43.66	6:18.93	13:24.09
2006 /07	20	35.87	...	1:44.57	3:46.33	6:16.59	13:14.03
2007 /08	21	...	1:08.60	1:43.93	3:40.22	6:12.28	13:06.42
2008 /09	22	35.86	...	1:42.67	3:39.28	6:09.94	13:00.65
2009 /10	23	36.27	1:08.42	1:42.89	3:44.34	6:13.25	13:04.08
2010 /11	24	35.89	1:10.17	1:43.55	3:45.85	6:12.98	12:53.89

Records

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location	Note
3000 m	3.43,66	15 November 2005	Calgary	Junior record
5000 m	6.18,93	13 November 2005	Calgary	Junior record
1500 m	1.46,07	18 November 2005	Salt Lake City	Junior record
3000 m	3.43,20	21 March 2006	Calgary	Junior record

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Distance	Time	Date	Location	Notes
500 metres	35.86	2 March 2009	Salt Lake City
1000 metres	1:08.60	18 November 2007	Calgary
1500 metres	1:42.67	6 March 2009	Salt Lake City
3000 metres	3:39.28	28 February 2009	Salt Lake City
5000 metres	6:09.94	7 March 2009	Salt Lake City
10,000 metres	12:53.89	13 February 2011	Calgary

External links

• Håvard Bøkko at SkateResults.com
• Photos of Håvard Bøkko