Fred Anton Maier
- Birth Date:
- 15.12.1938
- Death date:
- 09.06.2015
- Length of life:
- 76
- Days since birth:
- 31507
- Years since birth:
- 86
- Days since death:
- 3572
- Years since death:
- 9
- Categories:
- Olympic champion, Sportsman
- Nationality:
- norwegian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Fred Anton Maier (born 15 December 1938 in Nøtterøy - died 9 June 2015 in Nøtterøy) was a former speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specalising in the longer distances.
Fred Anton 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. In total, Maier set eleven world records. For a brief week in 1968 he held four world records simultaneously, the 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the allround samalogue record.
In addition, Maier excelled in cycling, winning two National Time Trial Championships bronze medals (in 1957 and 1967). In 1967, he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris and in 1968, he won the Oscar Mathisen Award and was chosen Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year. He passed away from cancer on June 9th 2015.
Source: wikipedia.org
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