Name Alv Gjestvang | Role Speed Skater | |
Olympic medals Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres People also search for Yevgeny Grishin, Terry McDermott, Vladimir Orlov, Rafayel Grach | ||
Alv Gjestvang, Norwegian speed skater, Olympic Silver and Bronze-medalist on 500 meters dies at 79.
Alv Gjestvang (13 September 1937 − 26 November 2016) was a Norwegian speed skater and Olympic medalist, born in Østre Toten. He received a bronze medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, and a silver medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
He represented the speed skating clubs Skreia IL, Oslo IL and Hamar IL through his career. Gjestvang died from cancer 26 November 2016. He was 79.
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