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Per Ivar Moe (born 11 November 1944, in Ålesund) is a former speed skater from Norway.

Biography

In 1963, 18-year-old Per Ivar Moe won bronze at the European Allround Championships, an achievement he would repeat the following year (1964). In addition, in 1964, he became the first in 8 years to beat Knut Johannesen at the Norwegian Championships. That year, he also participated in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and won a silver medal on the 5,000 m in a time of 7:38.6, a mere 0.2 seconds behind Johannesen. At first, it seemed that Moe had won gold when 7:38.7 was displayed as Johannesen's time, but this was quickly corrected to 7:38.4.

In 1965, Moe won silver at the European Championships and two weeks later he became World Allround Champion. For his achievements, he received the 1965 Oscar Mathisen Award and was elected Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year that same year. Moe retired in 1966 to complete his university degree. Per Ivar Moe was in banking business in his professional life. He was Vice President in Nordea, one of the biggest banks in Norway.

Medals

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

Personal records

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

Moe was number one on the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, from 26 January 1964 to 13 February 1965 and for 4 more days in January 1966 – a total of 388 days. He has an Adelskalender score of 177.150 points.

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External links

• Per Ivar Moe at SkateResults.com
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages

Awards
Preceded by Ants Antson	Oscar Mathisen Award 1965	Succeeded by Kees Verkerk
Preceded by Terje Pedersen	Norwegian Sportsperson of the Year 1965	Succeeded by Gjermund Eggen