Geir Karlstad (born 7 July 1963) is a Norwegian former speed skater and national team speed skating coach.

Biography

Although best at the longest distances (the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m), Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champion in 1982 and, as a senior, won bronze in both the

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and European Allround Championships in 1989. Among the dominating speed skaters in the 1980s, Karlstad competed at the

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and

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, winning no medals. At the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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, he won the gold medal on the 5,000 m and the bronze on the 10,000 m while skating for Lillestrøm SK. He also represented Aktiv SK, but in his youth he represented

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. A severe back injury forced him to end his career before the 1994 Winter Olympics of Lillehammer held in his homeland. He had originally intended to end his career at those Winter Olympics. From 1998 to 2002, he was the national team coach of the Norwegian speed skating team. Karlstad received the Oscar Mathisen Award in 1986.

Medals

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

Records

World records

Over the course of his career, Karlstad set five

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: Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Karlstad skated his personal records. Karlstad's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a world record because Leo Visser skated 3:59.27 at the same tournament. Karlstad has an Adelskalender score of 159.596 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was seventh place.

References

External links

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Personal records from ''The Skatebase''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlstad, Geir 1963 births Living people Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic speed skaters of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics World record setters in speed skating People from Skedsmo Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Norway World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Viken (county)