Kai Arne Engelstad (born 21 December 1954, in Oslo) is a former speed skater from Norway.
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 medal Silver medal Bronze medal Winter Olympics – – 1984 (1,000 m) World Sprint – – 1984 World Cup – – – Norwegian Sprint 1977 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.
Event Result Date Venue WR 500 m 38.14 4 March 1984 Trondheim 36.57 1,000 m 1:14.69 17 March 1983 Medeo 1:13.39 1,500 m 1:59.46 15 January 1984 Kongsberg 1:54.26 3,000 m 4:23.0 17 November 1978 Inzell 4:07.01 5,000 m 7:40.16 14 January 1984 Kongsberg 6:54.55 10,000 m 17:32.3 15 March 1984 Oslo 14:23.59
Engelstad has an Adelskalender score of 176.591 points.
References Kai Arne Engelstad at SkateResults.com Kai Arne Engelstad. Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V. (German Skating Association). Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages Historical World Records. International Skating Union. National Championships results. Norges Skøyteforbund (Norwegian Skating Association).
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