Oscar Mathisen Award


Since 1959, the Oscar Mathisen Award is awarded annually for outstanding speed skating performance of the season. The award was introduced by Oslo Skøiteklub to commemorate the legendary Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen.
Until 1967, speed skaters could not win the award more than once and until 1987, women were not eligible to win the award.
The winner is awarded a miniature of the statue of Oscar Mathisen created by the sculptor Arne Durban. The statue is placed outside Frogner Stadium in Oslo, the venue of many of Oscar Mathisen's most memorable victories.
YearWinnerNationality
1959Knut Johannesen
1960Boris Stenin
1961Henk van der Grift
1962Jonny Nilsson
1963Nils Aaness
1964Ants Antson
1965Per Ivar Moe
1966Kees Verkerk
1967Kees Verkerk
1968Fred Anton Maier
1969Dag Fornæss
1970Ard Schenk
1971Ard Schenk
1972Ard Schenk
1973Göran Claeson
1974Sten Stensen
1975Yevgeny Kulikov
1976Sten Stensen
1977Eric Heiden
1978Eric Heiden
1979Eric Heiden
1980Eric Heiden
1981Amund Sjøbrend
1982Tomas Gustafson
1983Rolf Falk-Larssen
1984Gaétan Boucher
1985Hein Vergeer
1986Geir Karlstad
1987Nikolay Gulyayev
1988Tomas Gustafson
1989Leo Visser
1990Johann Olav Koss
1991Johann Olav Koss
1992Bonnie Blair
1993Falko Zandstra
1994Johann Olav Koss
1995Gunda Niemann
1996Gunda Niemann
1997Gunda Niemann
1998Ådne Søndrål
1999Rintje Ritsma
2000Gianni Romme
2001Hiroyasu Shimizu
2002Jochem Uytdehaage
2003Anni Friesinger
2004Chad Hedrick
2005Shani Davis
2006Cindy Klassen
2007Sven Kramer
2008Jeremy Wotherspoon
2009Shani Davis
2010Martina Sáblíková
2011Bob de Jong
2012Christine Nesbitt
2013Ireen Wüst
2014Jorrit Bergsma
2015Brittany Bowe
2016Ted-Jan Bloemen
2017Sven Kramer
2018Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen
2019Kjeld Nuis
2020Natalya Voronina