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Also Known As Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg
Born April 5, 1893 • Helsinki • Finland
Died July 28, 1973 (aged 80) • Helsinki • Finland
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Karin Enke
German skater
Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater
Yvonne van Gennip
Dutch speed skater
Dianne Holum
American speed skater
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian skater
Ard Schenk
Dutch speed skater
Yang Yang
Chinese skater
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
German athlete
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
Dan Jansen
American speed skater

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