Jan Fjærestad
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Jan Fjærestad (born 28 February 1954) is a retired Norwegian orienteering competitor and athlete. His achievements in orienteering include an individual silver medal at the 1974 World Orienteering Championships and a world championship title in the relay in 1978. He won three national titles in marathon.
Personal life
Born on 28 February 1954, Fjærestad represented the Bergen club Fana IL.[1]
Sports career
Orienteering
Fjærestad is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,[2][3] along with Svein Jacobsen, Egil Johansen, and Eystein Weltzien.[4] He won a silver medal in the relay in 1976,[5] and a bronze medal in 1974.[6]
He won an individual silver medal in the 1974 World Orienteering Championships in Denmark, behind winner Bernt Frilén.[6]
Athletics
He is also a marathon runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion.[7] He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon.[8][9][10] He represented the club Fana IL. Internationally he competed at the 1978 European Championships, the 1983 World Cross Country Championships and the 1983 World Championships, but without any success.[11]
His personal best times were:
- 3000 metres - 7:57.06 min (1982).[12]
- 5000 metres - 13:37.2 min (1978).[13]
- 10,000 metres - 28:25.52 min (1981) - ninth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.[14]
- Half marathon - 1:03:43 hrs (1980).[15]
- Marathon - 2:13:31 hrs (1983) - tenth among Norwegian marathon runners.[16]
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
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| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 55th | 2:30:58 |
References
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- ↑ Norwegian championship, men's 5000 metres Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Norwegian championship, men's 10,000 metres Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Norwegian championship, men's half marathon Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Norwegian international athletes - F Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Norwegian all-time list, men's 3000 metres Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
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- ↑ Norwegian all-time list, men's 10,000 metres Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
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