Kai Arne Engelstad


Kai Arne Engelstad is a former speed skater from Norway.
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 Sarajevo, and won another bronze medal when he finished third at the World Sprint Championships in Trondheim. Engelstad represented the club Aktiv SK.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Engelstad at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics––1984
World Sprint––1984
World Cup–––
Norwegian Sprint1977
1983
1984		1978
1979
1985		1981
1982

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.
EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m38.144 March 1984Trondheim36.57
1,000 m1:14.6917 March 1983Medeo1:13.39
1,500 m1:59.4615 January 1984Kongsberg1:54.26
3,000 m4:23.0 17 November 1978Inzell4:07.01
5,000 m7:40.1614 January 1984Kongsberg6:54.55
10,000 m17:32.3 15 March 1984Oslo14:23.59

Engelstad has an Adelskalender score of 176.591 points.