Marius Bakken (born March 27, 1978 in
Sandefjord
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) is a
Norwegian
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runner who specializes in the
5000 metres, having run distances from
800
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to
10,000 metres
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in his early career. He represents
IL Runar
Idrettslaget Runar is a Norwegian sports club from Haukerød in Sandefjord. It has sections for athletics, handball, football, and cross-country skiing. It was established on January 7, 1949.
Athletics
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.
He finished ninth at the
2001 World Championships, fourteenth at the
2002 European Championships and twelfth at the
2005 World Championships. In addition he competed at the
1999 World Championships and the Olympic Games in
2000
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and
2004 without success. He became Norwegian champion in 1500 m in 2001, 2003 and 2004 and in 5000 m in 2003 and 2005. Following a disappointing
2006 European Championships, Bakken announced his intentions to concentrate on
medicine
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studies in 2007.
In high school, Marius was a foreign exchange student who ran for famed distance coach
Joe Newton at York High School,
Elmhurst, IL
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History
Members of the Potawatomi Native Am ...
, USA. In 1996 he won both the 1600 and 3200 races at the IL state track and field championships. His 1600m best at York (1996) was 4:09.2.
Personal bests
*
800 metres
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- 1:51.19 min (1997)
*
1500 metres
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- 3:38.84 min (2005) - eighth among Norwegian 1500 m runners.
*
3000 metres - 7:40.77 (2001)
*5000 metres - 13:06.39 (2004)
*10,000 metres - 28:26.36 min (2000) - tenth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.
Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Norwegian male long-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Norway
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