Jan Fjærestad Explained

Jan Fjærestad
Birth Date:	28 February 1954
Club:	Fana IL
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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.

Sports career

Orienteering

Fjærestad is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,^{[1] [2]} along with Svein Jacobsen, Egil Johansen, and Eystein Weltzien.^[3] He won a silver medal in the relay in 1976,^[4] and a bronze medal in 1974.

He won an individual silver medal in the 1974 World Orienteering Championships in Denmark, behind winner Bernt Frilén.^[5]

Athletics

He is also a marathon runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion.^[6] He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon.^{[7] [8] [9]} 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.^[10]

His personal best times were:

• 3000 metres - 7:57.06 min (1982).^[11]
• 5000 metres - 13:37.2 min (1978).^[12]
• 10,000 metres - 28:25.52 min (1981) - ninth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.^[13]
• Half marathon - 1:03:43 hrs (1980).^[14]
• Marathon - 2:13:31 hrs (1983) - tenth among Norwegian marathon runners.^[15]

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Notes and References

1. http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
2. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1978 . . 14 July 2017.
3. Encyclopedia: Orientering (norske verdensmestere) . Rolf . Bryhn . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 8 July 2024.
4. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1976 . . 14 July 2017.
5. Web site: World Orienteering Championships 1972 . . 13 July 2017 . 23 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123210903/https://old.orienteering.sport/events/?event_id=20 . dead .
6. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's marathon
7. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 5000 metres
8. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 10,000 metres
9. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mhalfmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's half marathon
10. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mf.htm Norwegian international athletes - F
11. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M3000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 3000 metres
12. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M5000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 5000 metres
13. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 10,000 metres
14. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MHALVMAR.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's half marathon
15. http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon