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| Born | Sigurd Valdemar Mathisen 26 April 1883 | |||||||||||
| Died | 4 March 1919 (aged 34) | |||||||||||
| Relatives | Oscar Mathisen (brother) | |||||||||||
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| Country | Norway | |||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||
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Sigurd Valdemar Mathisen (26 April 1883 – 4 March 1919) was a Norwegian speed skater, world champion and world record holder over 500 m. He was an older brother of Oscar Mathisen.
Sigurd Valdemar Mathisen was born on April 26, 1883. His parents taught all their children how to skate. It paid off, as both Mathisen and his brother Oscar became professional speed skaters.
Mathisen won a gold medal at the 1904 World Allround Championships, where he won the 1500 m (shared), 5000 m and 10,000 m races. All distances were originally won by Peter Sinnerud, but he was later disqualified for professionalism, and Mathisen was declared world champion.
In early 1919, Mathisen caught the Spanish flu as it spread across the world. He died of the disease on 4 March of that year.
In 1908, Mathisen improved the world record on 500 m to 44.4 seconds (sharing the record with Johan Vikander). The record was beaten in 1912 by Oscar Mathisen.
| Discipline | Time | Date | Location |
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| 500 m | 0.44,4 | 9 February 1908 | Davos |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500m | 44.4 | 9 February 1908 | Davos | |
| 1500m | 2:26.2 | 9 February 1908 | Davos | |
| 5000m | 9:05.2 | 1 February 1909 | Davos | |
| 10000m | 18:35.2 | 15 February 1902 | Kristiania | |
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