Håvard Bøkko

Håvard Bøkko (Norwegian: [ˈhôːvɑr ˈbœ̂kːʊ] ^ⓘ; born 2 February 1987) is a Norwegian former speed skater, and the premier skater from his country since 2008, with 32 national championships and thirteen international medals. He had junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden from the early 1980s before the clap skate. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.

Håvard Bøkko

Håvard Bøkko during the World Championships 2007 in Heerenveen
Personal information
Nickname	The Shadow
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1987-02-02) 2 February 1987 (age 38) Hønefoss, Norway
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m
Club	Hol IL
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2020
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team pursuit 2010 Vancouver 1500 m World Allround Championships 2008 Nagano Allround 2009 Hamar Allround 2011 Calgary Allround 2013 Hamar Allround 2010 Heerenveen Allround World Single Distances Championships 2011 Inzell 1500 m 2009 Vancouver 5000 m 2009 Vancouver 10000 m 2016 Kolomna Team pursuit 2019 Inzell Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen 1500 m European Championships 2008 Kolomna Allround 2009 Heerenveen Allround 2006 Hamar Allround 2012 Budapest Allround 2013 Heerenveen Allround 2014 Hamar Allround 2020 Heerenveen Team pursuit

Speed skating career

In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World Champion, winning the three longest distances. In the European Speedskating Championships he won the bronze in 2006, was no. 4 in 2007, and caught the silver in 2008 and 2009 (on both occasions trailing Sven Kramer). In the World Allround Speedskating Championships he was no. 4 in 2007 and won the overall silver medal, after Sven Kramer, in both 2008 and 2009. At the latter occasion he managed the feat of reaching the podium for each of the four distances (silver, gold, silver, silver for 500, 1500, 5000, 10000 m). He went on to win the silver medal in the 2009 World Single Distance Championships 5000 and the 10000 m, only beaten by Kramer.

In November 2005, he broke three junior world records in two weeks. On 5 November 2005, he raced 3000 metres on 3:43.66, on the 13th he raced 5000 metres in 6:18.93 and on the 18th he broke the 1500 metre record with 1:46.07. As of March 2009, he is ranked 4th in the Speedskating Adelskalender and is the highest ranking Norwegian on this list.^[1]

Bøkko holds the Norwegian records in the 1500 m (1:42.67), the 5000 m (6:09.94), the 10000 m (12:53.89) and the allround samalogue event (145.761), and is with Sverre Haugli and Henrik Christiansen also on the team that holds the national record 3:42.88 in the Team Pursuit event. His 3:39.28 result from February 2009 is the 3rd best 3000 m time ever (after Eskil Ervik and Chad Hedrick). Also, as of March 2009, only six skaters (Shani Davis, Denny Morrison, Trevor Marsicano, Erben Wennemars, Simon Kuipers and Chad Hedrick) have skated the 1500 m faster than Bøkko's 1:42.67, and only four skaters (Sven Kramer, Enrico Fabris, Carl Verheijen and Chad Hedrick) have skated the 5000 m faster than his 6:09.94.

Development

Season	Age	500 metres	1000 metres	1500 metres	3000 metres	5000 metres	10 000 metres
1995/96	9	55.6	2:06.3	–	–	–	–
1996/97	10	52.0	1:58.8	–	–	–	–
1997/98	11	50.63	1:54.8	–	–	–	–
1998/99	12	48.41	1:35.9	2:27.3	–	–	–
1999/00	13	46.50	1:33.07	2:25.77	5:22.6 –	–	–
2000/01	14	44.40	1:30.09	2:17.56	5:03.9 –	–	–
2001/02	15	41.82	1:24.29	2:09.38	4:35,44 –	9:00,2	18:46.2
2002/03	16	39.88	1:20.34	2:02.38	4:17.66 –	–	–
2003/04	17	38.46	1:17.6	1:57.98	4:05.32 –	7:05.00	–
2004/05	18	37.00	1:12.87	1:50.75	4:00.37 –	6:31.91	13:46.08
2005/06	19	36.65	1:10.57	1:46.07	3:43.66	6:18.93	13:24.09
2006/07	20	35.87	...	1:44.57	3:46.33	6:16.59	13:14.03
2007/08	21	...	1:08.60	1:43.93	3:40.22	6:12.28	13:06.42
2008/09	22	35.86	...	1:42.67	3:39.28	6:09.94	13:00.65
2009/10	23	36.27	1:08.42	1:42.89	3:44.34	6:13.25	13:04.08
2010/11	24	35.89	1:10.17	1:43.55	3:45.85	6:12.98	12:53.89
2011/12	25	36.47	1:10.39	1:45.97	3:44.37	6:17.88	13:05.55

Records

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location	Note
3000 m	3:43.66	15 November 2005	Calgary	Junior record
5000 m	6:18.93	13 November 2005	Calgary	Junior record
1500 m	1:46.07	18 November 2005	Salt Lake City	Junior record
3000 m	3:43.20	21 March 2006	Calgary	Junior record

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 metres	35.85	18 October 2013	Hamar	Norwegian Single Distances Championships
1000 metres	1:08.42	13 December 2009	Salt Lake City	World Cup
1500 metres	1:42.67	6 March 2009	Salt Lake City	World Cup; National record until 10 March 2019.[2]
3000 metres	3:39.28	28 February 2009	Salt Lake City	Time trials; current track record.[3]
5000 metres	6:09.94	7 March 2009	Salt Lake City	World Cup; National record until 10 December 2017.[4]
10000 metres	12:53.89	13 February 2011	Calgary	World Allround Championship; Current national record.[5]
Samalog	146.408	12–13 February 2011	Calgary	World Allround Championship; National record until 3 March 2019.
Team pursuit	3:37.08	21 February 2018	Calgary	Current national record with Simen Spieler Nilsen and Sverre Lunde Pedersen.[6]

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[7]

Bøkko is currently in 6th position in the adelskalender with 145.661 points. From 6 March 2009 to 3 March 2019, he held a personal best 4th place.^[8]