Bjørk Herup Olsen Explained

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.dansk-atletik.dk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5239&Itemid=481 dansk-atletik.dk 2008, Bjørk Herup Olsen won gold in 3000 meter and silver in 1000 meter (Girls 16–17 years)
2. https://archive.today/20120906033455/http://www.kringvarp.fo/Archive_Articles/2012/01/30/bj-rk-sett-n-tt-f-royskt-met Kringvarp.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese)
3. http://www.kif-atletik.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:klubmestre2009&catid=41:klubmestre&Itemid=68 Kif-atletik.dk (Danish)
4. Web site: Archived copy . 3 August 2010 . 22 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222151110/http://www.ecupirates.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/080310aab.html . dead .
5. http://www.trackandfield.se/resultat/2010/100704.htm Trackandfield.se
6. http://www.sportal.fo/?lg=72906 Sportal.fo
7. http://www.trackandfield.se/resultat/2010/100703.htm Trackandfield.se
8. http://www.vagaportal.fo/pages/posts/bjork-sett-nytt-foroyskt-met-16860.php Vagaporta.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese)
9. http://www.bragdid.fo/?p=1830 Bragdid.fo
10. Web site: Sportal.fo, Nú rennur Bjørk fyri Føroyar (Faroese) . 16 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120519045838/http://sportal.fo/grein/nu_rennur_bjork_fyri_froyar . 19 May 2012 . dead .
11. http://www.kringvarp.fo/index.asp?s=49&Id=70748 Kringvarp.fo
12. http://www.skiveam-sam.dk/sitecore/content/Klubber/SkiveAM/SkiveAtletik/Forside/Arrangementer/~/media/004CE9CAF52C4BC093E2EB685F97226A.ashx skiveam-sam.dk