Johann Olav Koss

Speed Skater

Male

Born Oct 29, 1968

Age 44

Johann Olav Koss is a former speed skater from Norway, considered to be one of the best in history, and current assistant coach of Norway's speed skating team.

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Olympic skating gold medalists Joey Cheek and Johann Koss at the National Press Club

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Belinda Stronach
Married 1999 - Present

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Gimme Shelter
Yahoo News - Dec 29, 2012

India, Dec. 30 -- Galloping commercialism and the voracious demand from fans, sponsors, broadcasters and organisers to keep serving it king size may have made top-flight sport an inexorably elite pursuit. However, the real catalysts of change are those who rewrite rigid norms at the grassroots.In 1993, champion Norwegian skier Johann Olav Koss was moved after seeing how boys in strife-torn Eritrea made a full-sleeved shirt into an improvised football to over...
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Insider's Guide To Toronto
Wall Street Journal - Jun 16, 2012

Where to eat, sleep, shop and play, with expert advice from Cowboy Junkies singer Margo Timmins, speed skater Johann Koss, "Top Chef Canada" host Lisa Ray and urbanist Richard Florida.
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For Skating Champ Johann Olav Koss, It's Just The Right Thing To Do
LATimes - May 26, 2012

Johann Olav Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist in speedskating for Norway in the 1990s, is improving kids' lives and making the world a better place through his Right To Play organization. Never heard of the guy, and he's not a Laker or Dodger, so what do I care?
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Johann Seeks Sports Bodies Help To Boost Games In Pakistan The Nation, Pakistan
Google News - Jun 10, 2011

ISLAMABAD - Johann Koss, one of the great athletes of all time and four-time Olympic gold medallist in speed skating on Thursday discussed his future plans in detail and the work done by his NGO, 'Right to Play', in Pakistan and other developing
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CHILDHOOD

1968 Birth Born in 1968.

TEENAGE

1987 19 Years Old Johann Olav Koss was born in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway. Johann Olav Koss became the Norwegian Junior Champion in 1987, but he could not compete with the world top skaters in the 1986 and 1987 World Junior Championships.

TWENTIES

1988 20 Years Old In 1988, he debuted with the seniors at the World Championships in Alma-Ata, but failed to qualify for the final distance. … Read More

1990 22 Years Old 1 More Event

His breakthrough came in 1990, winning the World Allround Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. … Read More

1991 23 Years Old He won the European Allround Championships in 1991 and finished second in the next three editions. … Read More

1992 24 Years Old Koss made his Olympic debut at the 1992 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh on the 5,000 m, five days after undergoing surgery because of an inflamed pancreas. … Read More

1994 26 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1994, the final year of his speed skating career, Koss also gained fame outside the speed skating world by winning three gold medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his native Norway, winning all races in new world records, two of which would remain unbeaten until the clap skate era.

THIRTIES

1999 31 Years Old He married Canadian businessperson and politician Belinda Stronach on 31 December 1999, but they divorced in 2003. … Read More

FORTIES

2009 41 Years Old 1 More Event

He married his second wife, Jennifer Lee, in New York on May 23, 2009. … Read More

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