Stian Angermund (born 27 August 1986) is a Norwegian

trail runner Trail running is a type of running that takes place on outdoor trails, often in mountainous terrain, and often includes significant ascents and descents. It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running). Unlike ro ...

and

mountain runner Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; its courses are more cl ...

who won the 2021 Amazing Thailand World Mountain and Trail Running Championships at the 40km distance. He has also won the Salomon Golden Trail World Series in 2018 and 2021. Angermund holds the record of the

Zegama-Aizkorri The Zegama-Aizkorri (also known a Zegama-Aizkorri Maratoia or Maratòn Alpina Zegama-Aizkorri) is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 2002. It runs every year in Spain from Zegama up to Aizkorri (1551 m MLS) and fin ...

trail race. He won two

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s at the 2016 Skyrunning World Championships held in

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, in the

Vertical kilometer In skyrunning, a vertical kilometer is an uphill mountain running race with an elevation gain of 1,000 metres. The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit also defines it as covering less than 5 km. Trekking poles, which are allowed as optional acces ...

and SkyMarathon.

Biography

World Champion in Short Trail Running, November 2022 at the 2021 World Mountain and trail running championships. In 2017 he won the first edition of the

Vertical Kilometer World Circuit The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit is an annual international circuit of vertical kilometer (a skyrunning discipline) born in 2017 as a spin-off of Skyrunner World Series. The Vertical World Circuit announced the 2017 VWC calendar featuring ten r ...

. He also won two medals at the

Skyrunning European Championships The Skyrunning European Championships are biennial (annual only the first three editions) skyrunning competitions, held for the first time in 2009 and organised by International Skyrunning Federation The International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) ...

, always in vertical kilometer discipline. In 2023 Angermund tested positive for the banned diuretic

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after winning the ''Orsières-Champex-Chamonix'' event at the

Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) is a mountain ultramarathon race, first held in 2003, that follows the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc. It has been regarded as the most competitive trail ultramarathon in the world. Renamed in 2023 as UTMB W ...

. He denied intentional doping and suggested possible contamination, especially after it was revealed his sample was stored in an official’s home. In late 2024, he accepted a 16-month ban issued by the

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starting from August 2023, allowing him to return to competition in December 2024.

World Cup results

Race wins

Other results

* Hovlandsnuten Opp: 1st 2014 * Stoltzekleiven Opp: 1st 2014 * Nuten Opp: 1st 2014

National titles

;Mountain running * Norwegian Mountain Running Championships ('' NM i motbakkeløp''): 1st 2014 and 2016, 2nd 2013 and 2017

References

External links

Stian Angermund
profile at EAA {{DEFAULTSORT:Angermund, Stian 1986 births Living people Norwegian sky runners Norwegian mountain runners Sportspeople from Bergen Skyrunning World Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Norwegian sportspeople in doping cases