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{{short description|Norwegian speed skater}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| headercolor = #d7ecff
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|21 December 1954}}
| birth_place    = [[Oslo]], Norway
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[speed skating]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]] | [[Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1,000 m]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 1984 Trondheim | [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men|Sprint]] }}
}}

'''Kai Arne Engelstad''' (born 21 December 1954, in [[Oslo]]) is a former [[Speed skating|speed skater]] from [[Norway]].

Engelstad specialised on the sprint, with his strongest distance being the 1,000&nbsp;m. He had his best year in 1984 when he became Norwegian Sprint Champion for the third time, won bronze on the 1,000&nbsp;m at the [[1984 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] of [[Sarajevo]], and won another bronze medal when he finished third at the [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|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:

{| class="wikitable"
! Championships
| align=center bgcolor=gold | '''Gold medal''' || align=center bgcolor=silver | '''Silver medal''' || align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | '''Bronze medal'''
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] || – || – || 1984 (1,000 m)
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[World Sprint Speed Skating Championships|World Sprint]] || – || – || 1984
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Speed Skating World Cup|World Cup]] || – || – || –
|- align="center"
| align="left" | Norwegian Sprint || 1977 <br /> 1983 <br /> 1984 || 1978 <br /> 1979 <br /> 1985 || 1981 <br /> 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.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event !! Result !! Date !! Venue !! WR
|- align="right"
| 500 m || 38.14 || 4 March 1984 || align="left" | [[Trondheim]] || 36.57
|- align="right"
| 1,000 m || 1:14.69 || 17 March 1983 || align="left" | [[Medeo]] || 1:13.39
|- align="right"
| 1,500 m || 1:59.46 || 15 January 1984 || align="left" | [[Kongsberg]] || 1:54.26
|- align="right"
| 3,000 m || 4:23.0{{figure space}}  || 17 November 1978 || align="left" | [[Eisstadion Inzell|Inzell]] || 4:07.01
|- align="right"
| 5,000 m || 7:40.16 || 14 January 1984 || align="left" | [[Kongsberg]] || 6:54.55
|- align="right"
| 10,000 m || 17:32.3{{figure space}}  || 15 March 1984 || align="left" | [[Bislett stadion|Oslo]] || 14:23.59
|}

Engelstad has an [[Adelskalender (skating)|Adelskalender]] score of 176.591 points.

== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311101429/http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/241 Kai Arne Engelstad at SkateResults.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070316110457/http://www.desg.de/skater.php?anzeige=skater&skater=2825 Kai Arne Engelstad]. ''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).
* [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?name=ENGELSTAD&fname=Kai-Arne&nat=NOR&lm=m Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070212091729/http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205184935/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file,00.pdf Historical World Records]. ''International Skating Union''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120208085628/http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/statistikk/nm_medaljer.pdf National Championships results]. ''Norges Skøyteforbund'' (Norwegian Skating Association).

==External links==
* {{ISU speed skater|95814}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|kai-arne-engelstad}}
* {{SR/Olympics|en/kai-arne-engelstad-1}}

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[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Speed skaters from Oslo]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen]]


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