Kai Arne Engelstad (born 21 December 1954, in

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) is a former

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from

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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 of

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, and won another bronze medal when he finished third at the World Sprint Championships in

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. Engelstad represented the club

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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.com

Kai Arne Engelstad
''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database

Historical World Records
''International Skating Union''.
National Championships results
''Norges Skøyteforbund'' (Norwegian Skating Association).

External links

* * * * 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 Sportspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian people {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub