Skovbjerg competed for
Aarhus Gymnastikforening. He came 37th in the
men's marathon event at the
1983 World Championships in Athletics. Skovbjerg won the
1984 Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:13:25, after pulling away from
West German Wolfgang Krüger in the final few kilometres of the race. He won the race by a few seconds, and his time was a course record, beating the previous record by two seconds. and seventh at the
1985 Berlin Marathon. In 1986, he again came second at the Vienna City Marathon, and finished 12th in the
1986 Berlin Marathon. ==Notes==