Nils Aaness

Nils Egil Aaness was a Norwegian speed skater, born on 31 January 1936 and died on 24 December 2024 at the age of 88. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics and was part of the Norwegian national team from 1959 to 1965, during the speed skating revolution under the trainer Stein Johnson. His best season was 1962 to 1963, when he took silver at the Norwegian Allround Championships, skated a world record in the big combination, became European Allround Champion in Gothenburg and won bronze at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Karuizawa. He usually finished as a good number two behind his compatriot Knut Johannesen, and won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Norwegian Championships.