Gudbrand Skatteboe

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Competed in Intercalated Games
SexMale
Full nameGudbrand Gudbrandsen•Skatteboe
Used nameGudbrand•Skatteboe
Born18 July 1875 in Øystre Slidre, Innlandet (NOR)
Died3 April 1965 in Øystre Slidre, Innlandet (NOR)
AffiliationsOslo Østre Skytterlag, Oslo (NOR)
NOC Norway
Medals OG IG
Gold 1 0
Silver 2 1
Bronze 0 0
Total 3 1

Biography

Gudbrand Skatteboe was a four-time Olympian, who won one medal at each Olympics in which he participated. In the 1906 free rifle team event he was the best individual shooter, receiving a revolver, some say it was a dagger, as a gift from the Greek King Georgios I. Therefore, many sources mistake him as the first Norwegian individual gold medalist. With his Østre Skytterlag team he won national rifle titles in 1911. For 11 years he was the chairman of his club and later became an honorary member. Skatteboe worked five years in a lawyer’s office in Christiania (now Oslo) and two years in England before he started his own brokerage business in 1905. In 1922 he was appointed General Manager of the Christiania Industrial and Commercial Bank.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1906 Intercalated Games Shooting NOR Gudbrand Skatteboe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men (Intercalated) Norway 2 Silver
Free Rifle, Any Position, 300 metres, Men (Intercalated) 4
Military Rifle, 1873-1874 Gras Model, Kneeling Or Standing, 200 metres, Men (Intercalated) 14
Military Rifle, Kneeling Or Standing, 300 metres, Men (Intercalated) 8
1908 Summer Olympics Shooting NOR Gudbrand Skatteboe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 1 Gold
Military Rifle, 200/500/600/800/900/1,000 yards, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 6
1912 Summer Olympics Shooting NOR Gudbrand Skatteboe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men (Olympic) 5
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 2 Silver
Military Rifle, Any Position, 600 metres, Men (Olympic) 40
1920 Summer Olympics Shooting NOR Gudbrand Skatteboe
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Men (Olympic) =5
Free Rifle, Three Positions, 300 metres, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 2 Silver
Military Rifle, Standing, 300 metres, Team, Men (Olympic) Norway 6