Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (born 9 August 1953) is a former

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from

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Short biography

Together with

Amund Sjøbrend Amund Martin Sjøbrend (born 1 December 1952) is a former Speed skating, ice speed skater from Norway. Together with Sten Stensen, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, Amund Sjøbrend was one of the legendary ''four S-es'' (which sounds like ...

, Sten Stensen, and

Jan Egil Storholt Jan Egil Storholt (born 13 February 1949) is a former speed skater from Norway. He was born in Løkken Verk which at the time was part of the Meldal municipality. Biography Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Kay Stenshjemmet, Jan ...

, Kay Stenshjemmet was one of the legendary ''four S-es'' (which sounds like "four aces" in

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), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kay is now working for

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During the 1976 European Allround Championships in

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, fellow Norwegian Sten Stensen (the defending European Champion), set a new world record on the 10,000 m, but Stenshjemmet still became European Champion by a tiny margin of only 0.005 points (equivalent to 0.10 seconds on the 10000 m). At the end of the 1975–1976 season, the

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on the 5000 m was

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's 7:02.38. On 19 March 1977, first Sergey Marchuk and then in the following pair Stenshjemmet were the first to skate the 5000 m below seven minutes, with 6:58.88 and 6:56.9, respectively. Stenshjemmet's world record would last for five years, until Aleksandr Baranov skated 6:54.44. Stenshjemmet was European Allround Champion in 1976 and 1980. He was also Norwegian Allround Champion in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1981, as well as Norwegian Sprint Champion in 1976. At the

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in Lake Placid, Stenshjemmet won silver on the 1500 m and on the 5000 m, both behind

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Medals

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

World record

During his career, Stenshjemmet skated one

: Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Stenshjemmet skated his personal records. Note that Stenshjemmet's personal record on the ''big combination'' was not a world record because

skated 163.221 at the same tournament. Stenshjemmet has an Adelskalender score of 163.481 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a third place.

References

External links

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Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database

from the ''International Skating Union''
National Championships results
from ''Norges Skøyteforbund'' (the Norwegian Skating Association) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stenshjemmet, Kay 1953 births Living people World record setters in speed skating Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics People from Lillestrøm Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Viken (county)