Jesper Lind Faurschou (born 1 July 1983) is a

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athlete. He is a part of Herning Running Club, Herning Løbeklub, located in

Herning Herning () is a Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 50,565 (1 January 2022)Århus. CPH half Marathon2015 hijs Nijhuis Jesper-Faurschou-Henrik Them Andersen2

CPH half Marathon2015 hijs Nijhuis Jesper-Faurschou-Henrik Them Andersen2

In 2007 he set a Danish record. He was the first ever to win 5 individual championships in one year – 10 km road, 4 km cross country, half marathon,

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

and

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. In 2008 he participated in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (finishing in 127th), and the

European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championships ...

. In 2009 he set yet another Danish record, being the first male to win the Winter Tournament three times in a row. The Winter Tournament is a series of 7 runs - either cross country running or road racing. In 2010, he finished in 29th at the

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

. At the 2011 World Championships, he finished in 33rd in the marathon. He participated in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

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 ...

finishing 41st. He competed in the

world half marathon championships The World Athletics Half Marathon Championships is a biennial international half marathon competition organised by World Athletics. The competition was launched as the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992 and held annually until 2010. It ...

in 2014, held in Copenhagen, finishing in 62nd. At the 2014 European Championships, he finished in 22nd. At the end of the year 2020 he set a Danish record at 50 km.

Records

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

: 3.51,39 min *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

: 8.11,98 min * 5000 metres: 14.15,56 min * 10000 metres: 29.42,56 min * 10K: 29.40 min * Half marathon: 1.04.01 hours * Marathon: 2.16.15 hours * 50K 2.58.31 hours

References

* 1983 births Living people Danish male middle-distance runners Danish male long-distance runners Danish male marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Denmark Olympic athletes for Denmark Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic male marathon runners 21st-century Danish sportspeople Place of birth missing (living people) {{denmark-athletics-bio-stub