Speed Skating
In 1952 he finished eighth in the 5000 metres event, eleventh in the 10000 metres competition, 22nd in the 1500 metres contest, and 27th in the 500 metres event.
Four years later he finished 28th in the 5000 meters competition, 29th in the 10000 meters contest, and 32nd in the 1500 meters event at the 1956 Games.
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Famous quotes containing the words speed and/or skating:
“There exist certain individuals who are, by nature, given purely to contemplation and are utterly unsuited to action, and who, nevertheless, under a mysterious and unknown impulse, sometimes act with a speed which they themselves would have thought beyond them.”
—Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)
“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)