Bjørk Herup Olsen

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[1] and holds several Faroese records. She was the first Faroese woman, who ran 3000 m under 10 minutes.[2] Bjørk is running for the Faroese club Bragdið and for the Danish club Helsingør Idrætsforening .[3] She signed her letter of intent to run track at East Carolina University.[4]

Personal records

  • 800 meter: 2:20.01 Gothenburg, Sweden 4 July 2010[5] (Faroese record)[6]
  • 1500 meter: 4:37.83 Gothenburg, Sweden 3 July 2010[7] (Faroese record)
  • 3000 meter: 9:59,91 Pennsylvania, USA 28 January 2012[8] (Faroese record)
  • 5000 meters: 17.12,75 in Ohio, USA February 2012[9] (Faroese record)
  • 10,000 meters: 36:58,27 North Carolina 2012 (Faroese record)[10]
  • 1500 meter - Indoors: 4.38,04 Reykjavík International Games, Iceland 17 January 2010[11]
  • 1 mile - Indoors: 5:19,35 Reykjavík 20 January 2008
  • 3000 meter - Indoors: 10.02,47 Skive, Denmark 6. marts 2010 (Faroese indoor record)[12]

References

  1. ^ dansk-atletik.dk 2008, Bjørk Herup Olsen won gold in 3000 meter and silver in 1000 meter (Girls 16–17 years)[permanent dead link]
  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)[permanent dead link]
  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[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ skiveam-sam.dk Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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  • Sportal.fo, Gull til Bjørk og Rúna. (Faroese)
  • Kringvarp.fo[permanent dead link], Bjørk vann gull í Íslandi. (Faroese)
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  • afrek.fri.is (Icelandic)
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  • Statletik.dk - Indendørs rangliste Junior - 2009
  • skiveam-sam.dk - DMU 2010 results (Danish Junior Championship 2010)
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