Kjell Storelid (born 24 October 1970) is a former

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

from

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. Storelid's best achievement on the ice was two silver medals on 5,000 m and 10,000 m at the Winter Olympics 1994 in Lillehammer - behind

Johann Olav Koss Johann Olav Koss, (born 29 October 1968) is a former speed skater from Norway. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country. Biography Johann Olav Koss was born in Drammen, Buskerud County, ...

. In the two next Olympic games Storelid came 5th and 8th on 10,000 m. Even though Storelid was a typical long distance racer, he has a 6th place in the World Championships and a 5th place from the European Championships. He has won one Norwegian championship - 5,000 m in 2000.

Personal records

*500 m - 38.86 *1,500 m - 1:52.19 *5,000 m - 6:30.05 *10,000 m - 13:27.24

External links

Kjell Storelid at SkateResults.com
1970 births Living people Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics {{Norway-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub