John Skovbjerg Explained

John Skovbjerg
Sport:Athletics
Birth Date:22 January 1956
Birth Place:Denmark

John Skovbjerg (born 22 January 1956) 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.[1] He came 37th in the men's marathon event at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.[2]

Skovbjerg won the 1984 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:13:25,[3] after pulling away from West German Wolfgang Krüger in the final few kilometres of the race.[4] He won the race by a few seconds,[5] and his time was a course record,[6] beating the previous record by two seconds.[1] 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.[4]

In 1985, Skovbjerg came second at the Vienna City Marathon,[7] [8] and seventh at the 1985 Berlin Marathon. In 1986, he again came second at the Vienna City Marathon,[7] and finished 12th in the 1986 Berlin Marathon.

Notes and References

  1. News: Triumpf i kulde og regn. da. Århus Stiftstidende. Viva Marathon. 1 October 1984. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415083431/http://www.vivamarathon.dk/berlin84.html. live.
  2. News: Marathon Final. The Journal Gazette. Newspapers.com. 15 August 1983. 12. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415171415/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75809309/1983-marathon-championships-men/. live.
  3. Book: Running Encyclopedia. Benyo. Richard. Henderson. Joe. Human Kinetics. 2002. 31. 9780736037341.
  4. Web site: Three weeks to go! Looking back in history - Countdown part III. Berlin Marathon. 9 August 2013. 15 April 2021. 21 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200621194734/https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/news-center/news/detail/three-weeks-to-go-looking-back-in-history-countdown-part-iii/. live.
  5. News: Marathon Berlin. Indiana Gazette. Newspapers.com. 1 October 1984. 21. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415171427/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75808893/1984-berlin-marathon/. live.
  6. Web site: Der BERLIN-MARATHON – Die Sieger und Siegerinnen von 1974 – 2014 – Teil 2. de. German Road Races. 20 September 2015. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415083430/https://germanroadraces.de/?p=30290. live.
  7. Web site: Vienna Marathon Winners. Vienna City Marathon. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415083428/https://www.vienna-marathon.com/content/lang/de/statistik/hall_of_fame/CONTENT.html. live.
  8. News: Vienna Marathon. Los Angeles Times. Newspapers.com. 1 April 1985. 34. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415171415/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75809147/1985-vienna-marathon/. live.

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