{{short description|Norwegian speed skater}} '''Jarle Pedersen''' (born 15 June 1955) is a retired Norwegian speed skater and the retired coach of the Norwegian speed skating team. He is from Kåfjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, but now resides in Bjørnafjorden Municipality to the south of Bergen.<ref name=nrk>{{cite news|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.6879834|title=Jarle som ny skøytetrener|last= Eilertsen|first=Kita|date=24 November 2009|publisher=NRK|language=Norwegian|accessdate=24 November 2009}}</ref>
Pedersen competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and finished 6th on the 500 m.<ref name="results">{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/orw1980v2.pdf|title=Official results of the XIII Olympic Winter Games-Lake Placid 1980|year=1980|accessdate=25 November 2009|archive-date=27 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227213946/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1980/orw1980v2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 25 November 2009 he became the head coach of the Norwegian Speed skating team following Peter Mueller.<ref name=aftenposten>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/article3391023.ece |title=Pedersen ny landslagstrener |date=25 November 2009 |publisher=Aftenposten |language=Norwegian |accessdate=25 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128061631/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/article3391023.ece |archivedate=28 November 2009 }}</ref> Johann Olav Koss became his assistant.<ref name=db>{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/11/25/sport/skoyter/ol_i_vancouver/peter_mueller/maren_haugli/9196877/|title=- Det er en krisesituasjon|author1=Thomas Sæbø|author2=Gorm Andresen|author3=Gro Wold Strømsheim |date=25 November 2009|publisher=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=25 November 2009|location=Oslo}}</ref> He has been a speed skating coach in the local team Fana IL.<ref name=nrk/> In Fana he was the coach for his son Sverre Lunde Pedersen.<ref name=nrk/> They are being reunited on the national team since the son joined the team before the 2009/2010 winter season.<ref name=nettavisen>{{cite news|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/vinter/article2765692.ece|title=Dette er Jarle Pedersen |last=Kvamme|first=Sjur|date=25 November 2009|work=Nettavisen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=25 November 2009}}</ref> Pedersen is educated as a Physical therapist and had that role in the Norwegian Olympic team under the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.<ref name=nettavisen/>
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