Kay Stenshjemmet


Kay Arne Stenshjemmet is a former speed skater from Norway.

Short biography

Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Jan Egil Storholt, Kay Stenshjemmet was one of the legendary four S-es, four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kay is now working for Romerikes Blad
During the 1976 European Allround Championships in Oslo, fellow Norwegian Sten Stensen, 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.
At the end of the 1975–1976 season, the world record on the 5000 m was Piet Kleine'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 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Stenshjemmet won silver on the 1500 m and on the 5000 m, both behind Eric Heiden.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Stenshjemmet at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics-1980
1980 		-
World Allround-19811979
World Sprint---
European Allround1976
1980		1977
1979		1981
Norwegian Allround1976
1977
1978
1981		1979-
Norwegian Sprint197619801977

World record

During his career, Stenshjemmet skated one world record:
DisciplineTimeDateLocation
5000 m6.56,919 March 1977Medeo

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.
EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m38.231 March 1981Harbin36.91
1000 m1:17.531 March 1981Harbin1:13.39
1500 m1:56.1811 January 1981Davos1:54.79
3000 m4:07.2216 January 1981Davos4:04.06
5000 m6:56.919 March 1977Medeo7:02.38
10000 m14:57.3020 January 1980Trondheim14:34.33
Big combination164.28320 March 1977Medeo165.884

Note that Stenshjemmet's personal record on the big combination was not a world record because Jan Egil Storholt 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.