Amund Martin Sjøbrend (1 December 1952 – 4 October 2026) was a speed skater from Norway.
Together with Sten Stensen, Kay Stenshjemmet, and Jan Egil Storholt, 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.
Sjøbrend died on 4 October 2026, at the age of 73.
Medals An overview of medals won by Sjøbrend at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Winter Olympics – – – World Allround 1981 – – European Allround 1981 1974 1977 Norwegian Allround 1975 1974 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.Amund Sjøbrend. sports-reference.com
EventResultDateVenueWR500 m38.6219 March 1977Medeo37.00 1,000 m1:19.4 29 March 1981Changchun1:13.391,500 m1:56.3211 January 1981Davos1:54.793,000 m4:08.2216 January 1981Davos4:04.06 5,000 m7:08.8824 January 1981Deventer6:56.9 10,000 m14:58.7115 February 1981Oslo14:26.71Big 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
External links
Amund Sjøbrend at SkateResults.com Personal records from The Skatebase