Alfred Næss
Figure skater
Karl Alfred Ingvald Næss was a Norwegian speed skater. He set the men's world record for 500 meter speed skating on 5 February 1893 at 49.4 seconds in Hamar, Norway. He then broke his own world record 21 days later on 26 February 1893 at 48.0... Wikipedia
Born: April 26, 1877, Oslo, Norway
Died: July 6, 1955 (age 78 years), Strasshof an der Nordbahn, Austria
Parents: Anne Jetta Jensen and Kristian Andersen Naess
Spouse: Sigrid Ingvald