Martine Ripsrud
Norway
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNOR23110199501 | |
| NOC | Norway | |
| Born | 31 Oct 1995 | |
| Gender | Women |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Norwegian |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.90 | 09 Dec 2022 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:15.41 | 28 Jan 2024 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 2:02.26 | 02 Dec 2022 | Calgary |
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| 3000m | 4:38.09 | 07 Oct 2012 |  Hamar |
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| 5000m | 8:22.20 | 16 Dec 2012 | Stavanger |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Sprint Championships | Event | |||||
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World Sprint Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
| European Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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European Single Distances Championships
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| Team Sprint | 3 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Stange Sportsklubb: Norway |
General Interest
General Interest
| Awards and honours | In 2014 she was presented with the Hedmarksnala [Hedmark Needle] by the Hedmark Skating Circuit in Norway. The honour was in recognition of the gold medal she won at the Norwegian junior sprint championships. (stange.vgs.no, 06 Jan 2014; hedmark-sk.com, 01 Jan 2014) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/Martine-Ripsrud-336502400089476 | twitter.com/MartineRipsrud |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Jeremy Wotherspoon [national], CAN |
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | A groin injury meant she could not compete in the women's 500m at the 2023 European Championships in Hamar, Norway. (nettavisen.no, 07 Jan 2023) In November 2017 she sustained a wound to her leg after a collision with her teammate Ida Njatun. (h-a.no, 02 Nov 2017) |
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| Hobbies | Spending time with friends. (Skoytelandslaget Facebook page, 08 Sep 2019) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | Her father introduced her to the sport. "I think what made me like speed skating so much was the high speed and combining that with technique. Those things together are what made me want to do this sport." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust, US speed skater Brittany Bowe, Korean speed skater Lee Sang-Hwa. (espern.no, 01 Jan 2016) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up ice skating at age four, and decided to focus solely on speed skating at age 13. |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2023/2024 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 7 | |||
| 2023/2024 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 8 | |||
| 2016/2017 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 10 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 10 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 11 | |||
| 2023/2024 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 11 | |||
| 2020/2021 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 14 | |||
| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 15 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 17 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 18 | |||
| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 18 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 19 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 19 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 20 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 21 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 21 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 22 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 23 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 26 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2017/2018 | Calgary, AB | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Stavanger | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2017/2018 | Minsk | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 18 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 18 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 21 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 23 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 30 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 33 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 33 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 40 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 45 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 47 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 48 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 53 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 56 | |||