Geir Arne Skogstad
 
Born (1973-12-09) 9 December 1973
Team
Curling clubTrondheim Curlingklubb, Trondheim
Curling career
Member Association Norway
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances
6 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020)
Paralympic
appearances
2 (2006, 2010)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
World Wheelchair Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sollefteå
Gold medal – first place 2008 Sursee
Para ice hockey
Winter Paralympics
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Örnsköldsvik
Silver medal – second place 2000 Utah

Geir Arne Skogstad (born 9 December 1973) is a Norwegian wheelchair curler[1] and ice sledge hockey (para ice hockey) player.

Career

As a member of the Norwegian ice sledge hockey team he participated at the 2002 Paralympic Games where the Norwegian team won a silver medal.

As a wheelchair curler, he participated at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Paralympics.

Teams

Wheelchair

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2003–04 Paul Aksel JohansenGeir Arne SkogstadLene TystadTrine FissumGry RoaldsethWWhCC 2004 (12th)
2004–05 Paul Aksel JohansenGeir Arne SkogstadLene TystadTrine FissumRune LorentsenIngrid ClaussenWWhCC 2005 (5th)
2005–06 Geir Arne SkogstadRune LorentsenPaul Aksel JohansenTrine FissumLene TystadWPG 2006 (4th)
2006–07 Rune LorentsenGeir Arne SkogstadJostein StordahlLene TystadTrine FissumThoralf HognestadWWhCC 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2007–08 Rune LorentsenJostein StordahlGeir Arne SkogstadLene TystadAnne Mette SamdalThoralf HognestadWWhCC 2008 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2008–09 Rune LorentsenGeir Arne SkogstadJostein StordahlAnne Mette SamdalLene TystadThoralf HognestadWWhCC 2009 (7th)
2009–10 Rune LorentsenJostein StordahlGeir Arne SkogstadLene TystadAnne Mette SamdalPer ChristensenWPG 2010 (9th)
2019–20 Jostein StordahlOle Fredrik SyversenGeir Arne SkogstadSissel LøchenRikke IversenPeter DahlmanWWhCC 2020 (5th)

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2018–19 Bjørn Tore ElvevoldSigmund EllingsenFrode StorheilGeir Arne SkogstadNMCC 2019 (13th)[2][3]

References

  • Geir Arne Skogstad at the World Curling Federation
  • Geir Arne Skogstad at Paralympic.org
  • Profile at the Official Website for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver
  • "Adressa.no - Syklet "Birken" med hendene" (in Norwegian). March 31, 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.