Håvard Bøkko

Håvard Bøkko (Norwegian: [ˈhôːvɑr ˈbœ̂kːʊ] (listen); born 2 February 1987) is a Norwegian former speed skater, and the premier skater from his country since 2008, with 32 national championships and thirteen international medals. He had junior results similar to those of Sven Kramer, Gianni Romme and Eric Heiden from the early 1980s before the clap skate. He is the older brother of Hege Bøkko.

Håvard Bøkko
Håvard Bøkko during the World Championships 2007 in Heerenveen
Personal information
Nickname(s)The Shadow
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1987-02-02) 2 February 1987
Hønefoss, Norway
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)1500 m, 5000 m, 10000 m
ClubHol IL
Turned pro2004
Retired2020

Speed skating career

In 2006, Bøkko was the Junior World Champion, winning the three longest distances. In the European Speedskating Championships he won the bronze in 2006, was no. 4 in 2007, and caught the silver in 2008 and 2009 (on both occasions trailing Sven Kramer). In the World Allround Speedskating Championships he was no. 4 in 2007 and won the overall silver medal, after Sven Kramer, in both 2008 and 2009. At the latter occasion he managed the feat of reaching the podium for each of the four distances (silver, gold, silver, silver for 500, 1500, 5000, 10000 m). He went on to win the silver medal in the 2009 World Single Distance Championships 5000 and the 10000 m, only beaten by Kramer.

In November 2005 he broke three junior world records in two weeks. On 5 November he raced 3000 metres on 3:43.66, on the 13th he raced 5000 metres in 6:18.93 and on the 18th he broke the 1500 metre record with 1:46.07. As of March 2009, he is ranked 4th in the Speedskating Adelskalender and is the highest ranking Norwegian on this list.[1]

Bøkko holds the Norwegian records in the 1500 m (1:42.67), the 5000 m (6:09.94), the 10000 m (12:53.89) and the allround samalogue event (145.761), and is with Sverre Haugli and Henrik Christiansen also on the team that holds the national record 3:42.88 in the Team Pursuit event. His 3:39.28 result from February 2009 is the 3rd best 3000 m time ever (after Eskil Ervik and Chad Hedrick). Also, as of March 2009, only six skaters (Shani Davis, Denny Morrison, Trevor Marsicano, Erben Wennemars, Simon Kuipers and Chad Hedrick) have skated the 1500 m faster than Bøkko's 1:42.67, and only four skaters (Sven Kramer, Enrico Fabris, Carl Verheijen and Chad Hedrick) have skated the 5000 m faster than his 6:09.94.

Development
Season Age 500 metres 1000 metres 1500 metres 3000 metres 5000 metres 10 000 metres
1995/96 9 55.6 2:06.3 – – – –
1996/97 10 52.0 1:58.8 – – – –
1997/98 11 50.63 1:54.8 – – – –
1998/99 12 48.41 1:35.9 2:27.3 – – –
1999/00 13 46.50 1:33.07 2:25.77 5:22.6 – – –
2000/01 14 44.40 1:30.09 2:17.56 5:03.9 – – –
2001/02 15 41.82 1:24.29 2:09.38 4:35,44 – 9:00,2 18:46.2
2002/03 16 39.88 1:20.34 2:02.38 4:17.66 – – –
2003/04 17 38.46 1:17.6 1:57.98 4:05.32 – 7:05.00 –
2004/05 18 37.00 1:12.87 1:50.75 4:00.37 – 6:31.91 13:46.08
2005/06 19 36.65 1:10.57 1:46.07 3:43.66 6:18.93 13:24.09
2006/07 20 35.87 ... 1:44.57 3:46.33 6:16.59 13:14.03
2007/08 21 ... 1:08.60 1:43.93 3:40.22 6:12.28 13:06.42
2008/09 22 35.86 ... 1:42.67 3:39.28 6:09.94 13:00.65
2009/10 23 36.27 1:08.42 1:42.89 3:44.34 6:13.25 13:04.08
2010/11 24 35.89 1:10.17 1:43.55 3:45.85 6:12.98 12:53.89
2011/12 25 36.47 1:10.39 1:45.97 3:44.37 6:17.88 13:05.55

Records

World records
DistanceTimeDateLocationNote
3000 m3:43.6615 November 2005CalgaryJunior record
5000 m6:18.9313 November 2005CalgaryJunior record
1500 m1:46.0718 November 2005Salt Lake CityJunior record
3000 m3:43.2021 March 2006CalgaryJunior record

Personal records
Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 metres35.8518 October 2013HamarNorwegian Single Distances Championships
1000 metres1:08.4213 December 2009Salt Lake CityWorld Cup
1500 metres1:42.676 March 2009Salt Lake CityWorld Cup; National record until 10 March 2019.[2]
3000 metres3:39.2828 February 2009Salt Lake CityTime trials; current track record.[3]
5000 metres6:09.947 March 2009Salt Lake CityWorld Cup; National record until 10 December 2017.[4]
10000 metres12:53.8913 February 2011CalgaryWorld Allround Championship; Current national record.[5]
Samalog146.40812–13 February 2011CalgaryWorld Allround Championship; National record until 3 March 2019.
Team pursuit3:37.0821 February 2018CalgaryCurrent national record with Simen Spieler Nilsen and Sverre Lunde Pedersen.[6]

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[7]

Bøkko is currently in 6th position in the adelskalender with 145.661 points. From 6 March 2009 to 3 March 2019, he held a personal best 4th place.[8]

References
  1. Current standing Adelskalendern, Evert Stenlund
  2. http://www.speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=39&n=31&g=1&d=1500 Norwegian national records on the 1500m] at Speedskating Results.com
  3. All Time best performances per distance
  4. Norwegian national records on the 5000m at Speedskating Results.com
  5. Norwegian national records at Speedskating Results.cmo
  6. Norwegian national records at Speedskating Results.cmo
  7. "Håvard Bøkko". speedskatingresults.com.
  8. "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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