Amund Sjøbrend

Amund Martin Sjøbrend (born 1 December 1952) is a former ice speed skater from Norway.

Amund Sjøbrend
Amund Sjøbrend in 1979
Personal information
Birth nameAmund Martin Sjøbrend
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1952-12-01) 1 December 1952
Sør-Odal, Norway
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubHamar IL, Hamar
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 38.62 (1977)
1000 m: 1:19.4 (1981)
1500 m: 1:56.32 (1981)
3000 m: 4:08.22 (1981)
5000 m: 7:08.88 (1981)
10 000 m: 14:58.71 (1981)

Together with Sten Stensen, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, Amund Sjøbrend was one of the legendary four S-es (which sounds like "four aces" in Norwegian), four Norwegian top skaters in the 1970s and early 1980s. His first international success came in 1974, when he won silver at the European Allround Championships. Sjøbrend participated at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, but had no success there. In 1977, he won bronze at the European Allround Championships.

Sjøbrend was more or less in the shadow of the other three of the four S-es until he had his best year in 1981. That year, he became both European Allround Champion and World Allround Champion. For his accomplishments, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award that same year.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Sjøbrend at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Championships Gold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics
World Allround1981
European Allround198119741977
Norwegian Allround19751974
1981
1976
1979
1980

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Sjøbrend skated his personal records.[1]

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m38.6219 March 1977Medeo37.00
1,000 m1:19.429 March 1981Changchun1:13.39
1,500 m1:56.3211 January 1981Davos1:54.79
3,000 m4:08.2216 January 1981Davos4:04.06
5,000 m7:08.8824 January 1981Deventer6:56.9
10,000 m14:58.7115 February 1981Oslo14:26.71
Big combination166.66420 March 1977Medeo165.884

Sjøbrend has an Adelskalender score of 165.216 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a twelfth place.

References

  1. Amund Sjøbrend. sports-reference.com
Awards
Preceded by
Eric Heiden
Oscar Mathisen Award
1981
Succeeded by
Tomas Gustafson
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