John Skovbjerg
Danish marathon runner (born 1956)
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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.
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| Born | 22 January 1956 Denmark | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
