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

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. 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

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, 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:

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

References

External links

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Amund Sjøbrend at SkateResults.comPersonal records from ''The Skatebase''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sjobrend, Amund 1952 births Living people Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen