Susanne Wigene (born 12 February 1978 in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

) is a

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middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and

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. She also competes over the 1500, 3000 and 3000 m steeplechase distances. She won the silver medal over 10 000 m at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in

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in 30:32,26 minutes, thus improving her personal best by well over 2 minutes. She also finished 7th in the 5,000m at the same event. She has competed for the clubs

Haugesund IL Haugesund Idrettslag is a Norwegian athletics club from Haugesund, founded in 1906. Its most prominent members are long-distance runners Susanne Wigene, Karl Johan Rasmussen and Bente Landøy as well as jumpers Eugen Haugland, Terje Haugland an ...

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 Its athletics section is known for its promi ...

SK Vidar Sportsklubben Vidar is a Norwegian sports club from Oslo. It has sections for track and field, triathlon, and archery. Organization The club was founded in 1919. It was later a member of the Workers' Sports Federation before the war. It arrange ...

and

IK Tjalve Idrettsklubben Tjalve is a Norwegian athletics club from Oslo, founded on 27 December 1890. It is named after Þjálfi in Norse mythology. It is one of the most prominent athletics clubs in Norway, and numerous members have represented Norway in ...

. In IK Tjalve she is coached by

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Personal bests

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'' *1500 metres – 4:13.01 min (

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, June 4, 2005) *3000 metres – 8:40.23 min (

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, August 19, 2005) *5000 metres – 14.48,53 min (

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, August 26, 2005) *10 000 metres – 30.32,36 min (

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, August 7, 2006) *3000 metres Steeplechase – 9.45,21 min (

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, September 10, 2004)

References

* 1978 births Living people People from Haugesund Norwegian female long-distance runners European Athletics Championships medalists Norwegian schoolteachers Norwegian female steeplechase runners Norwegian female middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Rogaland 20th-century Norwegian women 21st-century Norwegian women {{norway-athletics-bio-stub