John Skovbjerg
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Born | (1956-01-22) 22 January 1956 (age 68) Denmark | ||||||||||||||
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John[a] Skovbjerg (born 22 January 1956)[1] is a Danish marathon runner, who won the 1984 Berlin Marathon, and came second at the 1985 and 1986 Vienna City Marathons.
Career
Skovbjerg competed for Aarhus Gymnastikforening.[2] He came 37th in the men's marathon event at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.[3]
Skovbjerg won the 1984 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:13:25,[4] after pulling away from West German Wolfgang Krüger in the final few kilometres of the race.[5] He won the race by a few seconds,[6] and his time was a course record,[7] beating the previous record by two seconds.[2] After the race, it was noticed that Skovbjerg had folded his race number, meaning that the sponsor could not be seen. As a result, he received a reduction in prize money; for a time, he had been threatened with disqualification.[5]
In 1985, Skovbjerg came second at the Vienna City Marathon,[8][9] and seventh at the 1985 Berlin Marathon.[1] In 1986, he again came second at the Vienna City Marathon,[8] and finished 12th in the 1986 Berlin Marathon.[1]
Notes
- ^ Some sources refer to him as Johan.
References
- ^ a b c John Skovbjerg at World Athletics
- ^ a b "Triumpf i kulde og regn". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). 1 October 1984. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Viva Marathon.
- ^ "Marathon Final". The Journal Gazette. 15 August 1983. p. 12. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). Running Encyclopedia. Human Kinetics. p. 31. ISBN 9780736037341.
- ^ a b "Three weeks to go! Looking back in history - Countdown part III". Berlin Marathon. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Marathon Berlin". Indiana Gazette. 1 October 1984. p. 21. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Der BERLIN-MARATHON – Die Sieger und Siegerinnen von 1974 – 2014 – Teil 2" (in German). German Road Races. 20 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Vienna Marathon Winners". Vienna City Marathon. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Vienna Marathon". Los Angeles Times. 1 April 1985. p. 34. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- John Skovbjerg at World Athletics
- Johan Skovbjerg at ARRS
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- 1974: Günter Hallas (FRG)
- 1975: Ralf Bochröder (FRG)
- 1976: Ingo Sensburg (FRG)
- 1977: Günter Mielke (FRG)
- 1978: Michael Spöttel (FRG)
- 1979–80: Ingo Sensburg (FRG)
- 1981: Ian Ray (ENG)
- 1982: Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)
- 1983: Karel Lismont (BEL)
- 1984: John Skovbjerg (DEN)
- 1985: James Ashworth (ENG)
- 1986: Bogusław Psujek (POL)
- 1987–88: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)
- 1989: Alfredo Shahanga (TAN)
- 1990: Steve Moneghetti (AUS)
- 1991: Steve Brace (GBR)
- 1992: David Tsebe (RSA)
- 1993: Xolile Yawa (RSA)
- 1994: António Pinto (POR)
- 1995: Sammy Lelei (KEN)
- 1996: Abel Antón (ESP)
- 1997: Elijah Lagat (KEN)
- 1998: Ronaldo da Costa (BRA)
- 1999: Josephat Kiprono (KEN)
- 2000: Simon Biwott (KEN)
- 2001: Joseph Ngolepus (KEN)
- 2002: Raymond Kipkoech (KEN)
- 2003: Paul Tergat (KEN)
- 2004: Felix Limo (KEN)
- 2005: Philip Manyim (KEN)
- 2006–09: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
- 2010–11: Patrick Makau Musyoki (KEN)
- 2012: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)
- 2013: Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN)
- 2014: Dennis Kimetto (KEN)
- 2015: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
- 2016: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
- 2017–18: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
- 2019: Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
- 2020: Not held
- 2021: Guye Adola (ETH)
- 2022–23: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
- World Marathon Majors
- Berlin Marathon – List (M/W)
- Boston Marathon – List (M/W)
- Chicago Marathon – List (M/W)
- London Marathon – List (M/W)
- New York City Marathon – List (M/W)
- Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)
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