Kai Arne Engelstad

Kai Arne Engelstad (born 21 December 1954, in Oslo) is a former speed skater from Norway.

Kai Arne Engelstad
Personal information
Born21 December 1954 (1954-12-21) (age 66)
Oslo, Norway
Sport
SportSpeed skating

Engelstad specialised on the sprint, with his strongest distance being the 1,000 m. He had his best year in 1984 when he became Norwegian Sprint Champion for the third time, won bronze on the 1,000 m at the Winter Olympics of Sarajevo, and won another bronze medal when he finished third at the World Sprint Championships in Trondheim. Engelstad represented the club Aktiv SK.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Engelstad at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships Gold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics1984 (1,000 m)
World Sprint1984
World Cup
Norwegian Sprint1977
1983
1984
1978
1979
1985
1981
1982

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Engelstad skated his personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m38.144 March 1984Trondheim36.57
1,000 m1:14.6917 March 1983Medeo1:13.39
1,500 m1:59.4615 January 1984Kongsberg1:54.26
3,000 m4:23.017 November 1978Inzell4:07.01
5,000 m7:40.1614 January 1984Kongsberg6:54.55
10,000 m17:32.315 March 1984Oslo14:23.59

Engelstad has an Adelskalender score of 176.591 points.

References


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