Nils Aaness
Nils Egil Aaness was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960] and 1964 Winter Olympics|1964] Winter Olympics.
Biography
Aaness competed on the Norwegian national team from 1959 to 1965, and thus became part of the Norwegian speedskating revolution under the trainer Stein Johnson. His best season was 1962/1963, when he won silver at the Norwegian Allround Championships, skated a world record on the big combination one week later, became European [Speed Skating Championships|European Allround Champion] in Gothenburg early February, and won bronze at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships of Karuizawa three weeks after that.Nils Aaness had his best years alongside Knut Johannesen, and usually ended up a good number two after him. Aaness won a total of three silver medals and one bronze medal at the Norwegian Championships – every time behind Johannesen.
Aaness died on 24 December 2024, at the age of 88.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Aaness at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:| Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
| Winter Olympics | – | – | – |
| World Allround | – | – | 1963 |
| European Allround | 1963 | – | – |
| Norwegian Allround | – | 1961 1962 1963 | 1964 |
Records
World record
Over the course of his career, Aaness skated one List of [speed skating records|world record]:| Discipline | Time | Date | Location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Big combination | 180.560 | 27 January 1963 |  Personal recordsTo put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Aaness skated his personal records.
Note that Aaness's personal record on the 5,000 m was not a world record because Knut Johannesen skated 7:37.8 at the same tournament. Aaness has an Adelskalender score of 179.158 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a second place. |