Hasse Börjes
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Hasse Börjes (born 25 January 1948) is a Swedish speed skater, Olympic silver medalist and former world record holder in the 500 m.
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Born | (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76) Rättvik, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
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Born in Rättvik, at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo Börjes was silver medalist at the 500 meter speed skating event.[1] During those games he also was the Swedish flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]
Hasse Börjes improved the world record on 500m three times in 1970 (38.9 seconds, 38.87, and 38.46 seconds), and equaled the then record in 1972 (38.0 seconds).[3]