Norwegian sports team
SK CeresFull name | Sportsklubben Ceres |
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Founded | 25 September 1921 (103 years ago) (1921-09-25) |
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Home ground | Lillestrøm Stadion |
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Sportsklubben Ceres (The sports club Ceres) was founded September 25, 1921, and is a multidisciplinary team for cycling, cross-country skiing and triathlon and ice skating.
SK Ceres is a member of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports through the Akershus Sports Club. The club is also a member of the special federations of Norwegian Cycling Federation, Norwegian Ski Federation, Norwegian Skating Association and Norway's Triathlon Association (here as a separate group as there are no circles for this branch in Norway), through the Akershus Cycle Circle, Akershus Ski Circuit and Akershus and Oslo Skating Circuits. It was earlier a member of the Workers' Sports Federation.
SK Ceres belongs in Skedsmo municipality and is a member of Skedsmo Sports Council.
Cycling
The sports club was technical host for the norwegian championships in track cycling 1958.[1]
Speed skating
The sports club was technical host for the norwegian junior all-round speed skating championships for men in 1952 and 1983, both held at the Lillestrøm Stadion.[2] The speed skating relay team of Linda Olsen, Jane Iren Nielsen and Trude Nielsen are the national speed skating relay champions in both senior and junior in 1990.[3][4]
Famous skaters
- Kay Stenshjemmet – 1980 double olympic silvermedalist (1500 meter and 5000 meter), behind Eric Heiden.
- Bjørn Nyland – 1981 speed skating junior world champion, and 1983 european speed skating bronzemedalist.
- Geir Karlstad – 1992 speed skating olympic champion (5000 meter), and 1982 speed skating junior world champion.
- Frode Syvertsen – 1988 speed skating olympian.
- Øystein Hammeren – 1989 norwegian single distances speed skating champion 10.000 meter.[5]
- Jane Iren Nielsen – member of the norwegian women's speed skating relay champions for 1990.[3][4]
- Linda Olsen – member of the norwegian women's speed skating relay champions for 1990,[3][4] and 5 time world speed skating sprint championships-participant (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2002).[6]
- Trude Nielsen – member of the norwegian women's speed skating relay champions for 1990.[3][4]
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