Henrik Fagerli Rukke
Norway
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSNOR12010199601 | |
| NOC | Norway | |
| Born | 20 Oct 1996
in  Hol | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Hol, NOR | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Norwegian |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 40.27 | 14 Jan 2012 |  Innsbruck |
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| 500m | 34.70 | 03 Dec 2017 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:08.91 | 02 Dec 2017 | Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:48.91 | 19 Mar 2017 | Calgary |
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| 5000m | 7:17.44 | 09 Feb 2014 | Hamar |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/henrik.rukke | twitter.com/HenrikRukke |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Hol IL: Buskerud, NOR | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | He took up the sport because there were a lot of good skaters in the area, including his brother Christoffer, and because there were good facilities nearby. | |
| Name of coach | Jeremy Wotherspoon [national], CAN | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at age four in Hol, Norway. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | His coach, and his parents. (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018) | |
| Hero / Idol | Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Never give up." (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018) | |
| Famous relatives | His brother Christoffer Fagerli Rukke represented Norway in speed skating at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. His father Petter has worked in local politics in Norway. (SportsDeskOnline, 24 Nov 2016; eub.no, 23 Jan 2016; hallingdolen.no, 16 Sep 2015) | |
| Hobbies | Walking in the mountains, skiing. (Athlete, 06 Feb 2018) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Competing at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and winning the team sprint at the 2018 World Cup event in Minsk, Belarus. (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 4 | |||
| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 10 | |||
| 2017/2018 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 14 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 14 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 500m | 28 | |||
| 2018 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 32 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2017/2018 | World Cup Minsk | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Tomaszów Mazowiecki | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Heerenveen | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup Stavanger | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2018/2019 | World Cup Obihiro | Team Sprint | 2 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 500m | 29 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Cup | 1000m | 36 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup | 500m | 50 | |||