Anne Brit Sandberg, née Skjæveland (born 24 July 1962) is a Norwegian retired

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who competed at the

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Biography

Skjæveland finished eleventh at the 1990 European Championships, and 22nd at the 1992 Olympic Games. She was a Norwegian champion in heptathlon five times, in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1990. In the

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she won gold medals in 1988, 1989 and 1990; silver medals in 1996, 1997, 1991 and 1993; and a bronze medal in 1983. She was Norwegian champion in

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

in 1987, 1991 and 1993, won silver medals in 1989 and 1990 and a bronze medal in 1992. In the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

she won silver medals in 1996, 1997, 1999, 1990 and 1992 and bronze medals in 1981 and 1988. She represented the clubs Sandnes IL, GSK Sandnes and IF Minerva. She was born in

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

. She won the British

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title at the

1987 WAAA Championships The 1987 WAAA Championships sponsored by the Trustee Savings Bank, were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, from 24 to 25 July 1987. The Champio ...

. Her personal best score was 6.085 points, achieved in May 1992 in

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. It was the Norwegian record for many years. Her best results in single events were 13.43 seconds in the 100 metres

hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

, 1.85 metres in the high jump and 6.30 metres in the long jump. She is married to Richard Sandberg Hansen, and they have three children, including Niklas, a professional

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, and Joachim, an athlete. She resides in

Sandnes Sandnes () is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It lies immediately south of Stavanger, the 4th largest municipality in Norway, and together the Stavanger/Sandnes area is the third-largest urban area in Norway. The urban city of Sand ...

, and is a coach in Sandnes IL. In 2011, she became a central board member in the

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* 1962 births Living people People from Sandnes Sportspeople from Stavanger Athletes from Rogaland Norwegian heptathletes Norwegian female hurdlers Norwegian female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Norwegian athletics coaches 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub