Kathryn Ann Lunda

Kay Lunda
Full name	Kathryn Ann Lunda-Vandevrede
nation	United States
birthday	April 28, 1957
place of birth	Madison
size	167 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
society	Madison Speed ​​Skating Club
status	resigned
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × 2 × 1 ×
Junior World Championships silver Assen 1973 500 m silver Assen 1973 1000 m bronze Assen 1973 Mini four-way battle

Kathryn Ann "Kay" Lunda-Vandevrede (born April 28, 1957 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is a former American speed skater .

Lunda competed for the Madison Speed ​​Skating Club from her hometown while on her active treadmill . At the age of twelve she was already able to win a US outdoor championship in the all-around competition in her age group. A year later she took first place in the same discipline among the young people in the hall and second in the open air. In 1971 she also won the US championship outdoors.

1972 Lunda took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Sapporo , Japan and finished seventh over 500 m. The following year she competed at the Junior World Championships in Assen, the Netherlands . In the mini four-way fight over 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters she was able to win the bronze medal, over the individual distances of 500 and 1000 m she achieved the silver medal. At the Sprint World Championships that took place in Oslo , Norway that same year , she finished in tenth place.

Lunde then took a break of several years and returned to the World Cup in 1982, but could no longer achieve any top placements.

Lunda has a twin sister, Kathy Lunda, who also competed in speed skating.

Personal bests

route	time	date	place
500 m	44.20 s	January 23, 1982	Davos
1000 m	1: 31.27 min	4th December 1982	Berlin
1500 m	2: 25.85 min	4th December 1982	Berlin
3000 m	5: 11.54 min	4th December 1982	Berlin

Web links

• Kathryn Ann Lunda in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Statistics on the speed skating news page