Peder Kongshaug

Peder Kongshaug (born 13 August 2001) is a Norwegian speed skater. He is a 2022 Olympic champion in team pursuit.

Peder Kongshaug
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2001-08-13) 13 August 2001
Norway
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSpeed skating
ClubStavanger Sandnes Skøyteklubb
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Norway
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingTeam pursuit

Biography

Kongshaug is son Peer Albert Kongshaug who represented Norway in sailing and placed eighth at the 1988 Flying Dutchman World Championship in Medemblik, Netherlands.

At the 2020 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in February 2020, Kongshaug won the gold medal in 1000m event.[1] He took part in the 2021 European Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen where he sixth place in the 500m and also finished in the 10th and 19th place in the 1000m and 5000m events respectively. At the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in 2021, he finished 14th in the 1000m, 18th in the 5000m and was not selected for the team pursuit.

At the 2022 European Speed Skating Championships, Kongshaug finished 7th place in the 1500m and 17th place in the mass-start. Having qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics which took place in February 2022 where in the 1500m event, he finished 1.18 s behind the Dutch champion Kjeld Nuis, having competed in the tenth race against the silver medalist Thomas Krol. With Kongshaug's teammates Hallgeir Engebråten and Sverre Lunde Pedersen, the Norwegian relay obtained the best qualifying time then won in the semi-final against the Dutch and then against the Russians in the final, the latter having nevertheless established a new Olympic record in their duel against the Americans.[2]

Personal records
Personal records[3]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 metres36.246 March 2021Hamar
1000 metres1:10.3213 February 2021Heerenveen
1500 metres1:42.884 December 2021Salt Lake City
3000 metres3:44.2214 August 2021Hamar
5000 metres6:17.503 December 2021Salt Lake City
10000 metres13:30.2631 October 2021Hamar

He is currently in 48th position in the adelskalender with 148.796 points.[4]

References
  1. "ISU WORLD JUNIOR SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020" (PDF). media.isuresults.eu.
  2. "la Norvège sacrée championne olympique de poursuite par équipes hommes à Beijing 2022". olympics.com.
  3. "Peder Kongshaug". Speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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