Johann Olav Koss is a retired Norwegian speed skater born October 29, 1968, in Drammen. He won four Olympic gold medals and one silver across the 1992 Albertville and 1994 Lillehammer Games, winning all three of his individual events at the 1994 Lillehammer Games on home ice and setting new world records in each. He set ten world records over his career, won the World Allround Championship three times in 1990, 1991 and 1994, and after retiring in 1994 founded Right To Play, an international organization that uses sport for child development in disadvantaged regions.
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Career HighlightWon four Olympic gold medals in speed skating, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway. 1 Classification
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What did Johann Olav Koss do after he retired from speed skating?
He trained as a physician and founded the humanitarian organization Right To Play.
After his speed skating career ended in 1994, Koss trained as a physician at the University of Queensland in Australia. He became a UNICEF ambassador and was a member of the International Olympic Committee until 2002. In 2000 he founded Right To Play, a Canadian-based humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a tool for the development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world.
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Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway.
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Norwegian speed skater (born 1968)
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Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway.
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29 October 1968
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He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country.
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Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway.
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Johann Olav Koss (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway.
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He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country.
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