Sigurd Mathisen

Sigurd Mathisen

Personal information
Born	(1883-04-26)26 April 1883 Kristiania, Norway
Died	4 March 1919(1919-03-04) (aged 34) Norway
Relatives	Oscar Mathisen (brother)
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Representing  Norway World Championships 1904 Kristiania Allround

Sigurd Mathisen (26 April 1883 – 4 March 1919) was a Norwegian speed skater, world champion and world record holder over 500 m. He was an older brother of Oscar Mathisen.

International championships

Mathisen won a gold medal at the 1904 World Allround Championships, where he won the 1500 m (shared), 5000 m and 10,000 m races.^[1] All distances were originally won by Peter Sinnerud, but he was later disqualified for professionalism, and Mathisen was declared world champion.

He died of the Spanish flu.^[2]

Records

World record

In 1908 Sigurd Mathisen improved the world record on 500 m to 44.4 seconds (sharing the record with Johan Vikander).^[3] The record was beaten in 1912 by Oscar Mathisen.

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
500 m	0.44,4	9 February 1908	Davos

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[4]

Personal records

Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500m	44.4	9 February 1908	Davos
1500m	2:26.2	9 February 1908	Davos
5000m	9:05.2	1 February 1909	Davos
10000m	18:35.2	15 February 1902	Kristiania

References

1. Medal Winners in World Allround Championships Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine – International Skating Union (Retrieved on 9 April 2008)
2. Den spanske syke in Namdalens Folkeblad on 4 March 1919.
3. Historical World Records Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine – International Skating Union (Retrieved on 9 April 2008)
4. "Sigurd Mathisen". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.