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Jan 27, 1966 Skien, Eastern Norway, Norway 58 years old
Norwegian speed skater
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About Edel Therese Høiseth
- Edel Therese Høiseth (born 27 January 1966) is a former speed skater from Norway, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m. Høiseth skated in all Winter Olympics from 1984 to 1998, making her one of only three Norwegians to have participated in as many as five Winter Olympics (the other two being Oddvar Brå and Petter Thoresen).
- Her best Olympic result is an eighth place on the 500 m at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
- One of her best seasons was 1996, when she won the silver medal at the World Sprint Championships behind Chris Witty.
- Throughout her unusually long career at international top level, she also won more than 40 Norwegian Championships in Allround, Sprint, and Single Distance (500 m, 1,000 m, and 1,500 m).
- In 2000, on two different occasions in Calgary, she achieved times of 1:15.37 and 1:15.47 on the 1,000 m; the world record at that time was Monique Garbrecht's 1:14.61.
- Høiseth's best 500 m time is 38.40.
