Bjørg Eva Jensen

Bjørg Eva Jensen

Bjørg Eva Jensen in 1980
Personal information
Born	15 February 1960 Larvik, Norway
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	IF Fram, Larvik
Medal record Representing  Norway Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid 3,000 m World Allround Championships 1980 Hamar Allround World Junior Championships 1978 Montreal Junior 1979 Grenoble Junior 1977 Inzell Junior 1980 Assen Junior

Bjørg Eva Jensen (born 15 February 1960) is a speed skater from Norway. She had her best year in 1980, when she became junior world allround champion, finished third at the senior allround world championships, and won the 3,000 m event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.^[1]

After that she had very few international successes, but she won 15 Norwegian titles, including 8 allround, 4 sprint, and 3 single distance titles. In 2002, aged 42, she won silver on the 5,000 m at the Norwegian Single Distance Championships. She later participated in the 2006 Norwegian Single Distance Championships, aged 45, finishing 12th on the 1,500 m and 7th on the 3,000 m.

Jensen is also a successful bicycle racer and won the Norwegian Championships in both time trial and individual pursuit in 1979. She was awarded the 1980 Egebergs Ærespris for her achievements in speed skating and cycling and was elected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year that same year.

National titles

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Norwegian Allround	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1986 1987 1988	–	–
Norwegian Sprint	1979 1981 1982 1983	1977 1978	1976
Norwegian Single Distance	1987 (3,000 m) 1988 (3,000 m) 1988 (5,000 m)	1988 (1,500 m) 2002 (5,000 m)	–

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (WR) lists the official world records on the dates that Jensen skated her personal records.^[1][2][3]

Distance	Time	Date	Location	WR
500 m	42.40	3 April 1978	Medeo	40.68
1,000 m	1:24.30	10 March 1979	Larvik	1:23.46
1,500 m	2:08.61	15 January 1984	Medeo	2:04.04
3,000 m	4:29.28	14 February 1982	Inzell	4:21.70
5,000 m	7:50.4	27 December 1982	Larvik	none
10,000 m	16:49.82	7 March 1985	Savalen	none
Small combination	179.076	15 January 1984	Medeo	177.669

Jensen has an Adelskalender score of 177.190 points. Her highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place.

References

Notes

1. Bjørg Eva Jensen. sports-reference.com
2. Note that the 5,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1955 ISU Congress, but was reinstated again at the 1982 ISU Congress.
3. Note that the 10,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1953 ISU Congress.

Bibliography

• Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 – 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
• Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild and Teigen, Magne. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 1999 (6. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1999.
• Eng, Trond; Gjerde, Arild; Teigen, Magne and Teigen, Thorleiv. Norsk Skøytestatistikk Gjennom Tidene, Menn/Kvinner, 2004 (7. utgave). Askim/Skedsmokorset/Veggli/Hokksund, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2004.
• Eng, Trond and Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater fra offisielle Norske Mesterskap på skøyter, 1894 – 2005. Askim/Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2005.
• Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Norske Mesterskap På Skøyter, 1887 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
• Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 – 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.

External links

• Bjørg Eva Jensen at SkateResults.com
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages