Kari Kåring

{{short description|Norwegian speed skater}}

Kari Elida Kåring (born 3 December 1948) is a Norwegian speed skater and sports official.

She was born in Lillehammer, and represented the club Lillehammer SK. She participated in the 1968 Winter Olympics, placing fourteenth (tied) in the 1500 metres and seventeenth in the 3000 metres.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/kari-karing-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/kari-karing-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Kari Kåring|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=2 August 2009}}

As an official she is best known for taking the Judge's Oath at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1994 IOC 1994 Winter Olympics (listed in figure skating)]{{Cite web |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv3n1/JOHv3n1c.pdf |title=Wendl, Karel. "The Olympic Oath - A Brief History" Citius, Altius, Fortius (Journal of Olympic History since 1997). Winter 1995. pp. 4,5. (listed in nordic skiing) |access-date=2008-06-15 |archive-date=2008-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907203340/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv3n1/JOHv3n1c.pdf |url-status=dead }}