Kai Arne Engelstad (born 21 December 1954, in
Oslo
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) is a former
speed skater
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from
Norway
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.
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
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of
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, and won another bronze medal when he finished third at the
World Sprint Championships
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in
Trondheim
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. Engelstad represented the club
Aktiv SK Aktiv Skøyteklubb ("Active Skating Club"), formerly Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb (Workers' Skating Club") is a Norwegian speed skating club from Oslo.
The club was founded as Arbeidernes Cykleklubb in 1924, and adopted Arbeidernes Skøyteklubb in 192 ...
.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Engelstad at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
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.
Engelstad has an
Adelskalender score of 176.591 points.
References
Kai Arne Engelstad at SkateResults.comKai Arne Engelstad ''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating DatabaseHistorical World Records ''International Skating Union''.
National Championships results ''Norges Skøyteforbund'' (Norwegian Skating Association).
External links
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1954 births
Living people
Norwegian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
Speed skaters from Oslo
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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