Kay Stenshjemmet
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Speed Skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1980 Lake Placid | 1,500 m | |
| Silver | 1980 Lake Placid | 5,000 m | |
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet (born 9 August 1953) is a former speed skater from Norway.
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[edit] Short biography
Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and Jan Egil Storholt, Kay Stenshjemmet was one of the legendary four S-es (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s.
During the 1976 European Allround Championships in Oslo, 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 10,000 m).
At the end of the 1975–1976 season, the world record on the 5,000-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 respectively 6:58.88 and 6:56.9. 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 1,500 m and on the 5,000 m, both behind Eric Heiden.
[edit] Medals
An overview of medals won by Stenshjemmet at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
| Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 1980 (1,500 m) 1980 (5,000 m) |
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| World Allround | 1981 | 1979 | |
| World Sprint | |||
| European Allround | 1976 1980 |
1977 1979 |
1981 |
| Norwegian Allround | 1976 1977 1978 1981 |
1979 | |
| Norwegian Sprint | 1976 | 1980 | 1977 |
[edit] World records
Over the course of his career, Stenshjemmet skated one world record:
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 m | 6:56.9 | 19 March 1977 | Medeo |
[edit] Personal records
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 38.2 | 31 March 1981 | Harbin |
| 1,000 m | 1:17.5 | 31 March 1981 | Harbin |
| 1,500 m | 1:56.18 | 11 January 1981 | Davos |
| 3,000 m | 4:07.22 | 16 January 1981 | Davos |
| 5,000 m | 6:56.9 | 19 March 1977 | Medeo |
| 10,000 m | 14:57.30 | 20 January 1980 | Trondheim |
Stenshjemmet has an Adelskalender score of 163.481 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 3rd place.
