Randi Langøigjelten, formerly married Bjørn (born 26 March 1957) is a retired
Norwegian middle-distance runner.
On the track, she competed at the
1982 European Championships without reaching the final. She finished 69th at the
1981 World Cross Country Championships and 61st at the
1983 World Cross Country Championships; at the latter championships also 8th in the team competition.
Langøigjelten became Norwegian 800 metres champion in 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985 and 1986, and won the silver medal in 1977 and 1979. She represented the club
FIK Ren-Eng.
She set her first of two
Norwegian records in 1981, when she won the national championships in 2:02.70 minutes.
The feat earned her that year's King's Cup.
Twenty days later she improved to 2:01.7 minutes in
Øvre Årdal
Øvre Årdal is a village in Årdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the larger of the two primary villages in Årdal. The village is situated at the northern end of the long lake Årdalsvatnet, with the village of Årdalstangen at ...
. The record stood until 2010 when beaten by
Ingvill MÃ¥kestad Bovim.
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References
1957 births
Living people
People from Os, Innlandet
Norwegian female middle-distance runners
Sportspeople from Innlandet
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