Lasse Sætre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lasse Sætre

Norwegian speed skater

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1974

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Profession: speed skater

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lasse Sætre (born 10 March 1974) is a former speed skater from Norway, who for several years was among the world's best long distance skaters.
Sætre who grew up in Nord-Odal competed in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and won a 10,000-m bronze in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
He won another 10,000-m bronze in the 2003 World Single Distance Championships.
As of December 2006, only seven skaters in the world have 10,000-m results below 13 minutes, and Sætre has twice achieved such results.
His personal bests are 38.15, 1:49.36, 6:17.60 and 12:56.85.
Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with Chad Hedrick, Sven Kramer and Carl Verheijen, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick).