Career
Together with Amund Sjøbrend, Sten Stensen, and January Egil Storholt, Kay Stenshjemmet was one of the legendary four South-es (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. Kay is now working for Romerikes Blad At the end of the 1975–1976 season, the world record on the 5000 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 6:58.88 and 6:56.9, respectively.
Stenshjemmet"s world record would last for five years, until Aleksandr Baranov skated 6:54.44.
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Stenshjemmet skated his personal records.