Oscar Mathisen Award

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Since 1959, the Oscar Mathisen Award (also known as the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Award, the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy, and sometimes the Skating Oscar) is awarded annually for outstanding speed skating performance of the season. The award was introduced by Oslo Skøiteklub (Oslo Skating Club, OSK) to commemorate the legendary Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen (1888–1954). The winner is awarded a miniature of the statue of Oscar Mathisen created by the sculptor Arne Durban. The statue is placed outside Frogner Stadium in Oslo, the venue of many of Oscar Mathisen's most memorable victories.

Until 1967, speed skaters could not win the award more than once and until 1987, women were not eligible to win the award. Since 1959, 65 awards were given to 50 skaters (41 men and 9 women) from 10 countries. Eric Heiden from the United States holds record by number of awards (4 times in 1977–1980) while Gunda Niemann from Germany is the only woman who received this award more than once (3 times in 1995–1997).

Oscar Mathisen Award winners[edit]

Year Winner Country
1959 Knut Johannesen  Norway
1960 Boris Stenin  Soviet Union
1961 Henk van der Grift  Netherlands
1962 Jonny Nilsson  Sweden
1963 Nils Aaness  Norway
1964 Ants Antson  Soviet Union
1965 Per Ivar Moe  Norway
1966 Kees Verkerk  Netherlands
1967 Kees Verkerk  Netherlands
1968 Fred Anton Maier  Norway
1969 Dag Fornæss  Norway
1970 Ard Schenk  Netherlands
1971 Ard Schenk  Netherlands
1972 Ard Schenk  Netherlands
1973 Göran Claeson  Sweden
1974 Sten Stensen  Norway
1975 Yevgeny Kulikov  Soviet Union
1976 Sten Stensen  Norway
1977 Eric Heiden  United States
1978 Eric Heiden  United States
1979 Eric Heiden  United States
1980 Eric Heiden  United States
1981 Amund Sjøbrend  Norway
1982 Tomas Gustafson  Sweden
1983 Rolf Falk-Larssen  Norway
1984 Gaétan Boucher  Canada
1985 Hein Vergeer  Netherlands
1986 Geir Karlstad  Norway
1987 Nikolay Gulyayev  Soviet Union
1988 Tomas Gustafson  Sweden
1989 Leo Visser  Netherlands
1990 Johann Olav Koss  Norway
1991 Johann Olav Koss  Norway
1992 Bonnie Blair  United States
1993 Falko Zandstra  Netherlands
1994 Johann Olav Koss  Norway
1995 Gunda Niemann  Germany
1996 Gunda Niemann  Germany
1997 Gunda Niemann  Germany
1998 Ådne Søndrål  Norway
1999 Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands
2000 Gianni Romme  Netherlands
2001 Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan
2002 Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands
2003 Anni Friesinger  Germany
2004 Chad Hedrick  United States
2005 Shani Davis  United States
2006 Cindy Klassen[1]  Canada
2007 Sven Kramer[2]  Netherlands
2008 Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada
2009 Shani Davis[3]  United States
2010 Martina Sáblíková[4]  Czech Republic
2011 Bob de Jong[5]  Netherlands
2012 Christine Nesbitt[6]  Canada
2013 Ireen Wüst  Netherlands
2014 Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands
2015 Brittany Bowe[7]  United States
2016 Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada
2017 Sven Kramer  Netherlands
2018 Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen  Norway
2019 Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands
2020 Natalya Voronina  Russia
2021 Nils van der Poel  Sweden
2022 Nils van der Poel  Sweden
2023 Jordan Stolz  United States

Number of awards by country[edit]

Awards won Country
18  Netherlands
15  Norway
10  United States
6  Sweden
5  Canada
4  Germany
 Soviet Union
1  Czech Republic
 Japan
 Russia

Number of awards by person[edit]

Awards won Skater Country Year(s)
4 Eric Heiden  United States 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
3 Johann Olav Koss  Norway 1990, 1991, 1994
Gunda Niemann  Germany 1995, 1996, 1997
Ard Schenk  Netherlands 1970, 1971, 1972
2 Shani Davis  United States 2005, 2009
Tomas Gustafson  Sweden 1982, 1988
Sven Kramer  Netherlands 2007, 2017
Sten Stensen  Norway 1974, 1976
Nils van der Poel  Sweden 2021, 2022
Kees Verkerk  Netherlands 1966, 1967
1 Nils Aaness  Norway 1963
Ants Antson  Soviet Union 1964
Jorrit Bergsma  Netherlands 2014
Bonnie Blair  United States 1992
Ted-Jan Bloemen  Canada 2016
Gaétan Boucher  Canada 1984
Brittany Bowe  United States 2015
Göran Claeson  Sweden 1973
Bob de Jong  Netherlands 2011
Rolf Falk-Larssen  Norway 1983
Dag Fornæss  Norway 1969
Anni Friesinger  Germany 2003
Nikolay Gulyayev  Soviet Union 1987
Chad Hedrick  United States 2004
Knut Johannesen  Norway 1959
Geir Karlstad  Norway 1986
Cindy Klassen  Canada 2006
Yevgeny Kulikov  Soviet Union 1975
Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen  Norway 2018
Fred Anton Maier  Norway 1968
Per Ivar Moe  Norway 1965
Christine Nesbitt  Canada 2012
Jonny Nilsson  Sweden 1962
Kjeld Nuis  Netherlands 2019
Rintje Ritsma  Netherlands 1999
Gianni Romme  Canada 2000
Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic 2010
Hiroyasu Shimizu  Japan 2001
Amund Sjøbrend  Norway 1981
Ådne Søndrål  Norway 1998
Boris Stenin  Soviet Union 1960
Jordan Stolz  United States 2023
Jochem Uytdehaage  Netherlands 2002
Henk van der Grift  Netherlands 1961
Hein Vergeer  Netherlands 1985
Leo Visser  Netherlands 1989
Natalya Voronina  Russia 2020
Jeremy Wotherspoon  Canada 2008
Ireen Wüst  Netherlands 2013
Falko Zandstra  Netherlands 1993

References[edit]

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