Please answer the following question: Facts: - sport: speed skating - death place: drammen , norway - pb: 500 -- 2:15.6 -lrb- 1939 -rrb- 5000 m -- 8:18.7 -lrb- m 1940 -rrb- 10000 m -- 17:01.5 -lrb- 1940 -rrb- -- 43.2 -lrb- 1940 -rrb- 1500 m - caption: ivar the 1936 olympics ballangrud and charles mathiesen -lrb- right -rrb- at - death date: 7 november 1994 -lrb- aged 83 -rrb- - club: drammens sk - birth date: 12 february 1911 - image size: 250px - image: ivar ballangrud and charles mathiesen 1936.jpg - birth place: drammen , norway Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles mathiesen .
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charles mathiesen -lrb- 12 february 1911 -- 7 november 1994 -rrb- was a speed skater who was active from 1930 to 1948 .