Reidar Andreassen

Who is Reidar Andreassen?

Reidar Andreassen is a retired Norwegian long distance runner and cross-country skier.

He was Norwegian champion in 10,000 metres in 1960. He also took silver medals in the 3000 metres steeplechase in 1957 and 1958, and in the 5000 metres in 1959. His personal best times were 1:55.4 in the 800 metres, 3:50.1 in the 1500 metres, 8:12.2 in the 3000 metres, 9:04.6 in the 3000 metres steeplechase, 14:21.6 in the 5000 metres and 30:05.0 in the 10,000 metres.

He was Norwegian champion in the 50 km in 1958 and 1960, and competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958. Here he finished as the best Norwegian in 20th place in the 50 kilometres race, which stood as the worst performance by the Norwegian team until 2003. He was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1960. He represented the clubs Herefoss IL and IL i BUL.

His brother Ivar was also a national champion in athletics and skiing. Reidar Andreassen is the uncle of biathlete Gunn Margit Andreassen.