Bernt Evensen

Bernt Evensen was a Norwegian speed skater and racing cyclist, born on 18 April 1905 and died on 24 August 1979, who competed in skating at the 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics. At the 1928 Games he became the first Norwegian skater to win an Olympic gold medal, taking the 500 metres in a first place shared with Clas Thunberg, and he added silver in the 1500 metres and bronze in the 5000 metres. At the 1932 Games in Lake Placid he won silver in the 500 metres. He won the World Allround Championships in 1927 and 1934 and the European Allround Championships in 1927, and as a cyclist he won eleven Norwegian championships. After the Second World War he coached speed skating at an Oslo club.