Tom Erik Oxholm (born 22 February 1959) is a former speed skater from Norway. He had his best period in the early 1980s.
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Oxholm won two bronze medals – on the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m. In addition, he finished third at both the European Allround Championships and the World Allround Championships that same year.
Oxholm was Norwegian Allround Champion in 1980 and 1986. He skated a few seasons for Oslo Skøiteklubb but otherwise represented Idrettsforeningen Fram in Larvik. After his active career, he enjoyed successes as a coach for Ådne Søndrål and Roger Strøm.
Medals An overview of medals won by Oxholm at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Winter Olympics – – 1980 (5,000 m) 1980 (10,000 m) World Allround – – 1980 World Cup – – – European Allround – – 1980 Norwegian Allround 1980 1986 1982 1987 1983 1984 Norwegian Single Distance – – 1988 (1,500 m)
Personal records To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Oxholm skated his personal records.
EventResultDateVenueWR500 m39.5817 March 1983Medeo36.911,000 m1:16.8 9 November 1984Inzell1:12.581,500 m1:57.1923 January 1983Davos1:54.793,000 m4:09.2426 February 1981Inzell4:04.065,000 m7:05.5817 March 1983Medeo6:54.6610,000 m14:36.6023 February 1980Lake Placid14:34.33Big combination166.14818 March 1983Medeo162.973
Oxholm has an Adelskalender score of 164.031 points.
External links
Tom Erik Oxholm at Skateresults.com Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages