Ragne Wiklund

{{Short description|Norwegian speed skater and orienteer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox speed skater | name = Ragne Wiklund | image = Ragne_Wiklund_(NOR).jpg | caption = Wiklund in 2018 | headercolor = #d7ecff | nationality = Norwegian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|5|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | height = 1.78 m | weight = | country = Norway | event = 1500 m | club = Aktiv SK | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's speed skating}} {{Medal|Country|{{NOR}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Milano Cortina|1500 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Milano Cortina|3000 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Milano Cortina|5000 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Single Distances Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Heerenveen|1500 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 Heerenveen|3000 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Heerenveen|1500 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Heerenveen|5000 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Hamar|5000 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Allround Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Heerenveen|Allround}} {{Medal|Competition |European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Tomaszow Mazowiecki|3000 m}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Tomaszow Mazowiecki|1500 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Heerenveen|Team pursuit}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Hamar|Allround}} {{Medal|Bronze|2024 Heerenveen|3000 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Heerenveen|Allround}} {{Medal|Sport | Women's Orienteering }} {{Medal|Competition | Junior World Championships }} {{Medal|Bronze | 2018 Kecskemét | Relay }} }}

'''Ragne Wiklund''' (born 9 May 2000) is a Norwegian long track speed skater<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=2000050901|title= SpeedSkatingStats.com|website=speedskatingstats.com|accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> and orienteer.<ref name="IOF Eventor - Ragne Wiklund">{{Cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Athletes/Details/28604|title = IOF Eventor - Ragne Wiklund}}</ref>

Wiklund represented her nation at the 2019 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in the 1500 metres event (19th) and at the 2019 World Allround Speed Skating Championships, finishing 21st overall.<ref name=speedskatingnews>{{Cite web|url=https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/ragne-wiklund/|title=Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews|website=speedskatingnews.info|accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> She participated at the European Speed Skating Championships for Women in 2019. She also competed at other international competitions, including at ISU Speed Skating World Cups.<ref name=speedskatingnews />

Wiklund won the 1500m event at the 2021 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships, held in Heerenveen, achieving a personal record of 1.54,61. She won ahead of Brittany Bowe from the United States and Evgeniia Lalenkova, competing for the Russian Skating Union.<ref>[https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/15_result_ladies_1500-signed_20210214124831.pdf Final results]</ref>

After winning the 3000m event at the 2026 European Speed Skating Championships, becoming the first female Norwegian European Champion ever in speed skating,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wiklund Shines at European Championships - VIASPORT |url=https://www.viasport.com/en/speed-skating/wiklund-shines-at-european-championships/70576 |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=www.viasport.com}}</ref> Wiklund captured three medals at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. <ref>[https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/medals/medals-by-sport]</ref> She won the silver medal in the Women's 1500m and in the Women's 3000m, and won the Bronze Medal in the Women's 5000m.

Wiklund is also an active orienteer.<ref name="IOF Eventor - Ragne Wiklund"/> Wiklund achieved a bronze medal in the Junior World Orienteering Championships in the 2018 relay, running for Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jwoc2018.hu/relay-live/|title = Relay Live – JWOC 2018 Hungary}}</ref> In 2021, she ran for the senior Norwegian team for the first time at a world cup event in Dalarna, Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.idrefjallveckan.se/ |title=Home |website=idrefjallveckan.se}}</ref>

==Records== ===Personal records=== {{PersonalRecordsTop|ref=<ref name=speedskatingbase>{{Cite web|url=http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/?section=skaters&subsection=skater&skaterid=36433|title=Skaters: Ragne Wiklund|website=speedskatingbase.eu|accessdate=24 January 2022|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126181503/http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/?section=skaters&subsection=skater&skaterid=36433|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{PersonalRecordsSport|Speed skating}} {{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|38,84|7 March 2026|Heerenveen|}} {{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1.14,11|4 December 2021|Salt Lake City|}} {{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1.51,96|15 November 2025|Salt Lake City|NR }} {{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|3.54,74|24 January 2026|Inzell|NR }} {{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|6.46,15|5 March 2023|Heerenveen|NR }} {{PersonalRecordsBottom}}

Wiklund occupies the 11th position on the Adelskalender with a score of 156.648 points<ref name=adelskalender>{{cite web|title=Adelskalendern |url=http://evertstenlund.se/adeld.htm|publisher=evertstenlund.se|accessdate=30 January 2026}}</ref>

==Tournament overview== {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align: top;" ! Season ! Norwegian Championships Single Distances ! Norwegian Championships Allround ! European Championships Allround ! European Championships Single Distances ! World Championships Allround ! World Championships Single Distances ! Olympic Games ! World Cup ! Norwegian Championships Juniors ! World Championships Juniors |- style="vertical-align: top;" | 2017–18 || {{center|STAVANGER}} <hr /> 5th 1000m 4th 1500m 4th 3000m {{silver02}} 5000m || {{center|JEVNAKER}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m {{bronze3}} 3000m {{silver2}} 1500m {{bronze3}} 5000m <hr /> {{bronze3}} overall || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || 74th 1500m 73rd 3000m/5000m || {{center|ASKER}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{gold1}} 3000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} <hr /> 16th 500m 10th 1500m 11th 1000m 6th 3000m <hr /> {{bronze3}} overall <hr /> 6th team sprint |- style="vertical-align: top;" | 2018–19 || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> {{bronze3}} 1000m {{silver2}} 1500m {{bronze3}} 3000m {{bronze3}} 5000m || {{center|ARENDAL}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 500m {{bronze3}} 3000m {{bronze3}} 1500m 4th 5000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || {{center|COLLALBO}} <hr /> 6th 500m 9th 3000m 8th 1500m DNQ 5000m <hr /> NC11th overall || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|CALGARY}} <hr /> 17th 500m 20th 3000m 21st 1500m DNQ 5000m <hr /> NC21th overall || {{center|INZELL}} <hr /> 15th 1500m || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || 21st 1000m 15th 1500m 25th 3000m/5000m || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|BASELGA di PINÈ}} <hr /> 15th 500m {{bronze3}} 1500m 4th 1000m {{gold1}} 3000m <hr /> {{bronze3}} overall <hr /> {{bronze3}} team sprint |- style="vertical-align: top;" | 2019–20 || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 17th 1500 m || || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || 39th 1500m 29th 3000m/5000m || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | |- style="vertical-align: top;" | 2020–21 || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 1000m {{silver2}} 1500m {{gold1}} 3000m {{gold1}} 5000m || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 3000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 5000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 6th 500m 13th 3000m 7th 1500m 6th 5000m <hr /> 6th overall || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 1500m 4th 3000m 6th 5000m 4th Team pursuit || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || 8th 1500m 9th 3000m/5000m {{bronze3}} team pursuit || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | |- style="vertical-align: top;" | 2021–22 || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> 5th 1500 m 4th 3000 m {{silver2}} team pursuit || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> {{bronze3}} 500m {{silver2}} 3000m {{bronze3}} 1500m 9th 5000m <hr /> 4th overall || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|BEIJING}} <hr /> 12th 1500m 5th 3000m 5th 5000m 6th team pursuit || 39th 1000m 4th 1500m {{silver2}} 3000m/5000m 5th team pursuit || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | |- style="vertical-align: top;" | 2022–23 || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 3000m {{gold1}} 5000m || {{center|STAVANGER}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 3000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 5000m <hr /> {{gold1}} overall || {{center|HAMAR}} <hr /> {{gold1}} 500m 4th 3000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{bronze3}} 5000m <hr /> {{silver2}} overall || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || {{center|HEERENVEEN}} <hr /> {{silver2}} 1500m {{gold1}} 3000m {{silver2}} 5000m 5th Team pursuit || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || 47th 1000m {{silver2}} 1500m {{gold1}} 3000m/5000m 10th team pursuit || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | || bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{ISU speed skater|new_id=ragne-wiklund|old_id=1559989}} * {{Sports links|properties=-P3672,-P4542}} * {{Instagram}}

{{Footer World Single Distance Champions 1500m Speed Skating Women}} {{Footer World Single Distance Champions 3000m Speed Skating Women}} {{Footer World Allround Champions Speed Skating Women}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiklund, Ragne}} Category:2000 births Category:Speed skaters from Oslo Category:Norwegian female speed skaters Category:Living people Category:World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Category:Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Speed skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic speed skaters for Norway Category:Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists Category:21st-century Norwegian sportswomen Category:Medalists at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic silver medalists for Norway Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Category:Olympic medalists in speed skating Category:World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists