Stian Angermund
Norwegian professional trail runner and skyrunner, widely regarded as one of the world's best mountain runners. Stian Angermund specializes in skyrunning and vertical kilometer races, and has dominated short trail racing with back-to-back world championship titles. He studied at the University of Bergen and has become Norway's most successful skyrunner, winning the country's first European SkyRace title in 2021. After a brief suspension in 2023-2024 due to an unintentional contamination case, he returned to elite competition in 2025.
UTMB Index
911
Birth Date
August 27, 1986
Birth Place
Bergen, Norway
Hometown
Bergen, Norway
Key Achievements
- Two-time World Trail Running Championships Short Trail Winner (2022, 2023)
- World Champion in SkyMarathon and Vertical Kilometer (2016)
- European SkyRace Champion (2021) - First Norwegian to win title
- Golden Trail World Series Champion (2018, 2021)
- Vertical Kilometer World Circuit Winner (2017)
- Zegama-Aizkorri Winner (2017) - Course Record (3:45:08)
- Ring of Steall Skyrace Winner (2016, 2017)
- Multiple victories at Marathon du Mont-Blanc, DoloMyths Run, and Norwegian championships
Career Highlights
- 2023: Defended World Short Trail title in Innsbruck and won OCC at UTMB
- 2022: World Short Trail Champion in Chiang Mai (48km, 3:08:29)
- 2021: Golden Trail World Series Champion with wins at Marathon du Mont-Blanc, DoloMyths Run, and Olla de Núria
- 2021: European SkyRace Champion in Portugal - first Norwegian to win title
- 2018: Golden Trail World Series Champion
- 2017: Zegama-Aizkorri winner with course record (3:45:08) and Vertical Kilometer World Circuit champion
- 2016: World Champion in SkyMarathon and Vertical Kilometer
- Multiple Norwegian national championships in mountain running
Notable Traits
- • Studied at University of Bergen
- • First Norwegian to win European SkyRace Championship (2021)
- • Specialist in skyrunning and vertical kilometer events
- • Known for exceptional descending skills
- • Two-time defending World Champion in Short Trail (2022, 2023)
- • Returned to competition in 2025 after successful appeal of suspension