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Faroese distance runner

Bjørk Herup Olsen (born 2 October 1991) is a Faroese athlete. She is until now (2012) the best female middle and long distance runner in the Faroe Islands. Herup Olsen has won several Danish Junior Championships and holds several Faroese records. She was the first Faroese woman, who ran 3000 m under 10 minutes. Bjørk is running for the Faroese club Bragdið and for the Danish club Helsingør Idrætsforening . She signed her letter of intent to run track at East Carolina University.

Personal records

  • 800 meter: 2:20.01 Gothenburg, Sweden 4 July 2010 (Faroese record)
  • 1500 meter: 4:37.83 Gothenburg, Sweden 3 July 2010 (Faroese record)
  • 3000 meter: 9:59,91 Pennsylvania, USA 28 January 2012 (Faroese record)
  • 5000 meters: 17.12,75 in Ohio, USA February 2012 (Faroese record)
  • 10,000 meters: 36:58,27 North Carolina 2012 (Faroese record)
  • 1500 meter - Indoors: 4.38,04 Reykjavík International Games, Iceland 17 January 2010
  • 1 mile - Indoors: 5:19,35 Reykjavík 20 January 2008
  • 3000 meter - Indoors: 10.02,47 Skive, Denmark 6. marts 2010 (Faroese indoor record)

References

  1. dansk-atletik.dk 2008, Bjørk Herup Olsen won gold in 3000 meter and silver in 1000 meter (Girls 16–17 years)
  2. Kringvarp.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese)
  3. Kif-atletik.dk (Danish) Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Trackandfield.se
  6. Sportal.fo
  7. Trackandfield.se
  8. Vagaporta.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese)
  9. Bragdid.fo
  10. "Sportal.fo, Nú rennur Bjørk fyri Føroyar (Faroese)". Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  11. Kringvarp.fo
  12. skiveam-sam.dk Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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