Geir Arne Skogstad

Geir Arne Skogstad
Curler
 ♂
Born (1973-12-09) 9 December 1973 (age 50)
Team
Curling clubTrondheim Curlingklubb, Trondheim
Curling career
Member Association Norway
World Wheelchair Championship
appearances		7 (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020, 2024)
Paralympic
appearances		2 (2006, 2010)
Medal record
Wheelchair curling
World Wheelchair Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sollefteå
Gold medal – first place 2008 Sursee
Gold medal – first place 2024 Gangneung
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 Johansen Geir Arne Skogstad Lene Tystad Trine Fissum Gry Roaldseth WWhCC 2004 (12th)
2004–05 Paul Aksel Johansen Geir Arne Skogstad Lene Tystad Trine Fissum Rune Lorentsen Ingrid Claussen WWhCC 2005 (5th)
2005–06 Geir Arne Skogstad Rune Lorentsen Paul Aksel Johansen Trine Fissum Lene Tystad WPG 2006 (4th)
2006–07 Rune Lorentsen Geir Arne Skogstad Jostein Stordahl Lene Tystad Trine Fissum Thoralf Hognestad WWhCC 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2007–08 Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Geir Arne Skogstad Lene Tystad Anne Mette Samdal Thoralf Hognestad WWhCC 2008 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2008–09 Rune Lorentsen Geir Arne Skogstad Jostein Stordahl Anne Mette Samdal Lene Tystad Thoralf Hognestad WWhCC 2009 (7th)
2009–10 Rune Lorentsen Jostein Stordahl Geir Arne Skogstad Lene Tystad Anne Mette Samdal Per Christensen WPG 2010 (9th)
2019–20 Jostein Stordahl Ole Fredrik Syversen Geir Arne Skogstad Sissel Løchen Rikke Iversen Peter Dahlman WWhCC 2020 (5th)

Men's

Season Skip Third Second Lead Events
2018–19 Bjørn Tore Elvevold Sigmund Ellingsen Frode Storheil Geir Arne Skogstad NMCC 2019 (13th)[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Geir Arne Skogstad at World Curling Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ NM Herrer 2019 | Curlingresultater(in Norwegian)
  3. ^ 2019 Norwegian National Championship Coverage on CurlingZone
  • Geir Arne Skogstad at World CurlingEdit on Wikidata
  • Geir Arne Skogstad at Paralympic.orgEdit on Wikidata
  • Profile at the Official Website for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver
  • "Adressa.no - Syklet "Birken" med hendene" (in Norwegian). March 31, 2014.


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