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Jarle Pedersen
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, Finnmark, but resides in Bjørnafjorden outside Bergen.[1]
Pedersen competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and finished 6th on the 500 m.[2] On 25 November 2009 he became the head coach of the Norwegian Speed skating team following Peter Mueller.[3] Johann Olav Koss became his assistant.[4] He has been a speed skating coach in the local team Fana IL.[1] In Fana he was the coach for his son Sverre Lunde Pedersen.[1] They are being reunited on the national team since the son joined the team before the 2009/2010 winter season.[5] Pedersen is educated as a Physical therapist and had that role in the Norwegian Olympic team under the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[5]