- Geir Karlstad
Geir Karlstad (born
7 July 1963 inSkedsmo ,Akershus ,Norway ) is a former speed skater.hort biography
Although best at the longest distances (the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m), Geir Karlstad became Junior World Allround Champion in 1982 and, as a senior, won bronze in both the World and European Allround Championships in 1989. Among the dominating speed skaters in the 1980s, Karlstad failed at the 1984 and
1988 Winter Olympics . However, he got his "revenge" at the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville , winning the gold medal on the 5,000 m and the bronze on the 10,000 m, while skating forLillestrøm SK .A severe back injury forced him to end his career before the
1994 Winter Olympics ofLillehammer held in his homeland. He had originally intended to end his career at those Winter Olympics. From 1998 to 2002, he was the national team coach of the Norwegian speed skating team. Karlstad received theOscar Mathisen Award in 1986.Medals
An overview of medals won by Karlstad at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Note that Karlstad's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a world record because
Leo Visser skated 3:59.27 at the same tournament.Karlstad has an
Adelskalender score of 159.596 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a seventh place.References
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/479 Geir Karlstad at SkateResults.com]
* [http://www.skatebase.com Personal records from "The Skatebase"]
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