Sten Einar Stensen (born 18 December 1947) is a former speed skater. Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, he was one of the legendary four S-es ("four aces" in Norwegian), contemporary Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. Stensen excelled at the longer distances, especially the 5,000 m and 10,000 m, and set two world records. He was World Allround Champion in 1974 and European Allround Champion in 1975. He also won Olympic gold on the 5,000 m in Innsbruck in 1976. For his accomplishments, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award in 1974 and 1976.

During the 1976 European Allround Championships in Oslo, Stensen (the defending European Champion), set a new world record on the 10,000 m, but he still lost his title to fellow Norwegian Kay Stenshjemmet by a tiny margin of only 0.005 points (equivalent to 0.10 seconds on the 10,000 m).

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!Discipline!!Time!!Date!!Location

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|10,000 m||14.50,31||25 January 1976||align=left| Oslo

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|10,000 m||14.38,08||21 March 1976||align=left| Medeo

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Personal records

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!Event!!Result!!Date!!Venue

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|500 m||39.03||19 March 1977||align="left"|Medeo

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|1,000 m||1:23.44||7 January 1973||align="left"|Kongsberg

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|1,500 m||1:58.72||21 March 1976||align="left"|Medeo

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|3,000 m||4:13.6 ||17 December 1977||align="left"|Hamar

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|5,000 m||7:05.04||19 March 1977||align="left"|Medeo

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|10,000 m||14:38.08||21 March 1976||align="left"|Medeo

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|Big combination||165.316||20 March 1977||align="left"|Medeo

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Stensen has an Adelskalender score of 165.011 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a fourth place.

References

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  • Personal records from The Skatebase