What is Ivar Martinsen?
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Ivar Martinsen 1948.jpg | caption = Martinsen in 1948 | birth_date = 8 December 1920 | birth_place = [[Løten]], [[Norway]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|9|24|1920|12|8|df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = [[Speed skating]] | club = [[Hamar IL]] | pb = 500 m – 43.9 (1947)<br>1500 m – 2:19.2 (1952)<br>5000 m – 8:23.1 (1951)<br>10000 m – 17:34.1 (1952) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NOR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men|World championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|1952 Hamar|Allround}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Speed Skating Championships for Men|European championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|1953 Hamar|Allround}} | show-medals = yes }} '''Karl Ivar Martinsen''' (8 December 1920 – 24 September 2018) was a Norwegian [[speed skater]]. He competed in the 1500 m event at the [[1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] and [[1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] Olympics and finished 16th and 8th.<ref name=sr/> He won bronze medals at the 1952 world and 1953 European allround championships.<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/ivar-martinsen-1.html Ivar Martinsen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190436/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/ivar-martinsen-1.html |date=18 October 2012 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> He was born in [[Løten]], [[Norway]]. Martinsen died in [[Oslo]], Norway from complications of [[pneumonia]] on 24 September 2018, aged 97.<ref>[https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/sport/2018/09/25/195436084/tidligere-skoyteloper-ivar-martinsen-er-dod Tidligere skøyteløper Ivar Martinsen er død] {{in lang|no}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Ivan Martinsen=}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinsen, Ivar}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Olympians for Norway]]