Sondre Amdahl (43) is a professional mountain ultra trail-runner and endurance coach. Sondre lives in Trysil, Norway with his wife Ingvild and twin daughters (10 years old).

“I have been active my whole life, with cross-country skiing, orienteering and alpine skiing. I ran my first marathon at age 16, but put the running aside in my late teens as I liked skiing more. Then, at age 31, I did my first ultra race, the Kepler Challenge in New Zealand. I immediately fell in love with running ultras, but couldn’t do it as much as I wanted because of other life priorities. Then, in 2010, things started to calm down a little and I could prioritize running more. Since then, I have been running long ultra trail-races all over the world, and I just love it!

When I am not running, I try to spend as much time as I can with my family. My favourite activity is skiing with my wife and our daughters (10 year-old twins). I hope I can be a good role model for my kids, and I hope they will grow up being active and loving the outdoors.

I am proud to represent Hope So Bright and their amazing causes. Helping children is very close to my heart and one of the most important things anyone can do in life.”

Sponsors: 

Gore Running Wear
Altra Running
Yeti – The Down Specialist
Tailwind Nutrition
Simple Hydration
Injinji
Sport 1 Storgata

Biggest success:

7th at UTMB in 2014, 1st at Hoka Highland Fling in 2014, 2nd at Hong Kong 100km in 2015 and 4th at Transgrancanaria and Ultra-Trail Mont Fuji in 2015. Sondre placed 9th at Marathon Des Sables in 2016.