Bjørk Herup Olsen
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
- ↑ dansk-atletik.dk 2008, Bjørk Herup Olsen won gold in 3000 meter and silver in 1000 meter (Girls 16-17 years)
- ↑ Kringvarp.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese)
- ↑ Kif-atletik.dk (Danish) Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.ecupirates.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/080310aab.html
- ↑ Trackandfield.se
- ↑ Sportal.fo
- ↑ Trackandfield.se
- ↑ Vagaporta.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese)
- ↑ Bragdid.fo
- ↑ Sportal.fo, Nú rennur Bjørk fyri Føroyar (Faroese)
- ↑ Kringvarp.fo
- ↑ skiveam-sam.dk Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- Foroya.fo, Bjørk Herup Olsen ger aftur um seg. (Faroese)
- Sportal.fo, Gull til Bjørk og Rúna. (Faroese)
- Kringvarp.fo, Bjørk vann gull í Íslandi. (Faroese)
- Statletik.dk Bjørk Herup Olsen - 91 - KIF (Danish)
- Portal.fo, Bjørk setti nýtt met (Faroese)
- afrek.fri.is (Icelandic)
- Kif-atletik.dk (Danish)
External links
- Bragdid.fo
- dansk-atletik.dk DM Inde, Ungdom, Skive (Danish Junior Championship. indoors, Skive Denmark, Feb. 2008, results)
- Statletik.dk - Indendørs rangliste Junior - 2009
- skiveam-sam.dk - DMU 2010 results (Danish Junior Championship 2010)
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