Terje Andersen is a former speed skater

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 and president of the Norwegian Skating Association

Norwegian Skating Association

The Norwegian Skating Association is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It overlooks speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice and more recently inline and roller skating....

. Andersen was a typical middle distance skater, his best achievement being one bronze medal from the 1980 Winter Olympics of Lake Placid

Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Andersen participated several times in the World Sprint Championships

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men

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, finishing fourth in 1981, and sixth in 1978. His best placing in an allround championships is a twelfth place at the World Championships of Oslo

Bislett stadion

Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...

 in 1975.

He represented Tønsberg TF and Holmestrand og Botne SK. He was president of the Norwegian Skating Association

Norwegian Skating Association

The Norwegian Skating Association is the main skating authoritative body in Norway. It overlooks speed skating, figure skating, short track speed skating on ice and more recently inline and roller skating....

 from 1997 to 1999, and again in 2003 to 2007.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Andersen at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics Speed skating at the Winter Olympics Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Winter Olympics since the first winter games in 1924. Women's events were added to the Olympic program for the first time in 1960.-History:...	–	–	1980 (1,500 m)
World Allround World Allround Speed Skating Championships The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world...	–	–	–
World Sprint World Sprint Speed Skating Championships The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day...	–	–	–
World Cup Speed Skating World Cup The Speed Skating World Cup is a series of international speed skating competitions, organised yearly by the International Skating Union since the winter of 1985–86. Every year during the winter, a number of competitions on a number of different distances are held...	–	–	–
European Allround European Speed Skating Championships The European Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of Europe. The International Skating Union has organised the European Championships for Men since 1893 and the European Championships for Women since 1970. The...	–	–	–
Norwegian Allround	–	–	1975
Norwegian Sprint	–	–	1976 1978

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Andersen skated his personal records.

Event	Result	Date	Venue	WR
500 m	38.30	31 March 1981	Harbin Harbin Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...	36.91
1,000 m	1:15.62	20 January 1980	Davos Eisstadion Davos Vaillant Arena is an arena in Davos, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of HC Davos. It holds 7,080 people, of which 3,280 are seated...	1:13.60
1,500 m	1:56.92	21 February 1980	Lake Placid Lake Placid Speedskating Oval The James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink is an artificial ice track for speed skating in Lake Placid, New York. The arena hosted the speedskating events at both the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. At the 1932 games, six of the twelve ice hockey matches...	1:54.79
3,000 m	4:18.8	1 December 1979	Larvik Larvik is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....	4:04.06
5,000 m	7:21.22	5 March 1976	Inzell Eisstadion Inzell Eisstadion Inzell is a stadium located in Inzell, Germany, best known as a speed skating venue. It is an outdoor, artificial ice, rink, located 690 metres above sea level and has a capacity of 20,000 people...	7:07.82
10,000 m	15:37.11	2 January 1981	Oslo Bislett stadion Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...	14:26.71
Big combination Samalog Samalog is a scoring system in speed skating. It is used in allround tournaments to convert results at various distances into points in order to determine an overall champion...	170.778	2 January 1981	Oslo Bislett stadion Bislett Stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here...	162.973

Andersen has an Adelskalender score of 168.250 points.