Professional Speed Skater, Professional Cyclist, Olympic Bronze Medalist, Olympic Gold Medalist. He was born as Roald Edgar Aas in Oslo, Norway, to Peder Aas (1893-1962), and his wife Alvilde Larsen Aas (1901-1982), on March 25, 1928. He was a member of the Oslo Sports Club Oslo IL (or Oslo Idrettslag), of Oslo, Norway, beginning in and of the club Oslo SK (Oslo Skøiteklub), of Oslo, Norway. He was both a professional speed skater and a professional cyclist. He represented his home country of Norway at the 1952 Winter Olympics which were held in Oslo, Norway, and participated in the 1,500 metres, Men which earned him a ranking of 3 with a time of 2:21.6 and won him an Olympic Bronze Medalist. He also represented his home country of Norway at the 1956 Winter Games which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and participated in the 1,500 metres, Men which earned him a ranking of 10 with a time of 2:12.9, and also participated in the 5,000 metres, Men which earned him a ranking of 6 and a time of 8:01.6, but failed to win him an Olympic Medal. He also represented his home country of Norway and did his best skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics which were held in Squaw Valley, California, where he participated in the 1,500 metres, Men which earned him a ranking of =1 and a time of 2:10.4, in the 5,000 metres, Men which earned him a ranking of 25 and a time of 8:30.1, and in the 10,000 metres, Men which earned him a ranking of 23 and a time of 17:26.8 and won him an Olympic Gold Medal which he shared with Russian speed skater Yevgeny Grishin. He also participated in the European Allround, the World Allround in 1958, and the Norwegian Allround in 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, and 1959. He was the number two skater in Norway next to Hjalmar Andersen, and then Knut Johannessen. In all, he was a Norwegian Champion in 1956, he finished seven times, and participated in all international championships between 1951 and 1960, and almost always finished in the top ten. He won a Bronze Medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in 1958, and at two European Speed Skating Championships in 1957 and 1960. He was also a successful cyclist, winning the 1956 Norwegian Championships in both road cycling and track cycling. Following his impressive skating and cycling career he became a coach at Oslo Skøiteklub. For his achievements as both a speed skater and a cyclist, Aas was awarded the prestigious Egebergs Ærespris in 1956. He was married to visual artist Mette Giæver Aas from 1959 until they divorced in 1973. The couple had no children. He was also engaged to Bjørg Eknæs (1931-2017). He passed away in Oslo, Norway, on February 18, 2012, at the age of 83, and he was buried Nordre gravlund in Oslo, Norway.