Geir Karlstad

{{Infobox speed skater

| headercolor = #d7ecff

| nationality = Norwegian

| name = Geir Karlstad

| image = Geir Karlstad.JPG

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Geir Karlstad

| country = Norway

| sport = Speed skating

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Skedsmo, Akershus, Norway

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = 80 kg

| turnedpro = 1981

| retired = 1992

| club = SK Ceres (1972/73–1981/82)
Ask SK (1982/83–1986/87)
Lillestrøm SK (1987/88–1991/92)

| pb = 500 m: 39.41 (1992)
1000 m: 1:22.5 (1981)
1500 m: 1:55.24 (1992)
3000 m: 3:59.78 (1987)
5000 m: 6:43.59 (1987)
10 000 m: 13:48.29 (1992)

| website =

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Geir Karlstad (born 7 July 1963) is a Norwegian former speed skater and national team speed skating coach.

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 competed at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics, winning no medals. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won the gold medal on the 5,000 m and the bronze on the 10,000 m while skating for Lillestrøm SK. He also represented Aktiv SK, but in his youth he represented SK Ceres.

A severe back injury forced him to end his career before the 1994 Winter Olympics of Lillehammer 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 the Oscar 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:

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" \| Winter Olympics	1992 (5,000 m)	–	1992 (10,000 m)
align="center" \| align="left" \| World Allround	–	–	1989
align="center" \| align="left" \| European Allround	–	–	1989
align="center" \| align="left" \| Norwegian Allround	1989 1990	1985 1986 1988 1991 1992	–
align="center" \| align="left" \| Norwegian Single Distance	1987 (5,000 m) 1987 (10,000 m) 1988 (5,000 m) 1992 (5,000 m)	1987 (1,500 m) 1990 (1,500 m) 1990 (5,000 m)	–

Records

= World records =

Over the course of his career, Karlstad set five world records:

Discipline	Time	Date	Location
class='wikitable'
10,000 m	14.12,14	16 February 1986	align=left\| Inzell
10,000 m	14.03,92	15 February 1987	align=left\| Heerenveen
5,000 m	6.45,44	22 November 1987	align=left\| Heerenveen
5,000 m	6.43,59	4 December 1987	align=left\| Calgary
10,000 m	13.48,51	6 December 1987	align=left\| Calgary

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

{{cite web|title=Geir Karlstad

|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1963060701

|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com

|accessdate=29 August 2012}}

= Personal records =

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Karlstad skated his personal records.

Event	Result	Date	Venue	WR
class="wikitable"
align="right" \|500 m	39.41	17 January 1992	align="left"\|Heerenveen	36.45
align="right" \|1,000 m	1:22.5{{figure space}}	25 January 1981	align="left"\|Notodden	1:13.60
align="right" \|1,500 m	1:55.24	22 March 1992	align="left"\|Calgary	1:52.06
align="right" \|3,000 m	3:59.78	19 March 1987	align="left"\|Heerenveen	4:03.22
align="right" \|5,000 m	6:43.59	4 December 1987	align="left"\|Calgary	6:45.44
align="right" \|10,000 m	13:48.29	19 January 1992	align="left"\|Heerenveen	13:43.54
align="right" \|Big combination	160.189	19 January 1992	align="left"\|Heerenveen	157.396