Stine Larsen (born 5 November 1975) is a retired

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long-distance runner who specialized in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

. In her younger days she won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the inaugural European Under 23 Championships in 1997, finishing behind Olivera Jevtic and Annemari Sandell. She finished twelfth at the 2000 World Half Marathon Championships. In the marathon event she has finished seventeenth at the 2003 World Championships and twenty-fourth at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. She became Norwegian champion in the half marathon in 1999, representing the sports club

FIK BFG Fana Friidrettsklubben BFG Fana is a Norwegian athletics club from Fana in Bergen, founded in 1987 as an umbrella team for Bjarg, Fana and Gneist. BFG Fana uses the Fana stadion, and hosted the Bislett Games in 2004. Among its most prominent members ...

Personal bests

*5000 metres - 15:46.02 min (1997) *10,000 metres - 32:28.16 min (2000) - fourth among Norwegian 10,000 metres runners, only behind

Ingrid Kristiansen Ingrid Kristiansen (née Christensen on 21 March 1956) is a Norwegian former athlete. She was one of the best female long-distance runners during the 1980s. She is a former world record holder in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon ...

Susanne Wigene Susanne Wigene (born 12 February 1978 in Haugesund) is a Norwegian middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She also competes over the 1500, 3000 and 3000 m steeplechase distances. She won the silver meda ...

and Gunhild Halle Haugen. *Half marathon - 1:09:28 hrs (2000) - third among Norwegian half marathon runners, only behind

and

Grete Waitz Grete Waitz (, 1 October 195319 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz wo ...

. *Marathon - 2:27:05 hrs (2002) - third among Norwegian marathon runners, only behind

and

.Norwegian all-time list, women's marathon

Achievements

References

1975 births Living people Norwegian female long-distance runners Norwegian female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Sportspeople from Bergen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub