Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (/²hoːʋɑr ²hɔlməˌfjuːr ¹luːrəntsn̩/; born 2 October 1992) is a Norwegian speed skater specialising in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m distances.^[2]

Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen

At the National Sprint Championship 2012 in Asker
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32) Bergen, Norway
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	500 m, 1000 m
Club	Fana IL
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m 2022 Beijing 1000 m World Single Distance Championships 2019 Inzell 500 m 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint 2023 Heerenveen Team sprint 2024 Calgary Team sprint World Sprint Championships 2018 Changchun Sprint 2022 Hamar Team sprint 2017 Calgary Sprint 2022 Hamar Sprint European Championships 2019 Collalbo Sprint 2020 Heerenven Team sprint 2022 Heerenveen Team sprint 2024 Heerenveen Team sprint

Career

Lorentzen has a 9th place from the World Cup races in Heerenveen in December 2011 as his best international senior result, and was awarded the gold medal for the 1000 m for the 2012 World Junior Championships after the original winner Pavel Kulizhnikov was disqualified for a doping offence.^[3] Lorentzen represents Fana IL. Football player Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen is a younger brother of Håvard.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Lorentzen surpassed expectations by winning the gold medal at the 500 m event and silver in the 1000 m event.

Records

Personal records

Updated January 2023

Personal records[4]
Men's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	34.28	10 March 2019	Salt Lake City, United States	NR
1000 m	1:06.51	9 March 2019	Salt Lake City, United States	NR
1500 m	1:44.45	15 November 2013	Salt Lake City, United States
3000 m	3:49.83	2 November 2013	Salt Lake City, United States
5000 m	6:39.99	7 November 2010	Hamar, Norway
10000 m	14.40.65	24 February 2013	Hamar, Norway

World records

List of World Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.

Time	Date	Place	Course	Event	Duration
Junior men – Team pursuit (8 laps)
3.54,68	6 March 2010	Berlin	Sportforum Hohenschönhausen	Jr. WC final – 2009/10	Beaten 2 years later
3.50,02	14 March 2010	Moscow	Ice Palace Krylatskoye	Junior-WC 2010	1 year 8 months 6 days
3.47,45	20 November 2011	Chelyabinsk	Uralskaja Molnija	WC nr. 1 – 2011/12	Current record

Olympic records

List of Olympic Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.

Time	Date	Place	Course	Event	Duration
Senior men – 500 m
34.41	19 February 2018	PyeongChang	Gangneung Oval	Winter Olympics 2018	Current record

World Cup

Overall in the World cup

Updated after the 2013/14 season.

Season	500 m		1 000 m		1 500 m		5 000 m/10 000 m		Mass start		Team pursuit
	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points
2010/11	–	–	44	008 p	38	14 p	52	2 p	–	–	–	–
2011/12	–	–	19	095 p	24	45 p	–	–	37	00 p	–	–
2012/13	47	0 p	48	009 p	51	00 p	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013/14	49	4 p	10	173 p	20	72 p	–	–	17	10 p	3	270 p