Bjørk Herup Olsen (born 2 October 1991) is a Faroese

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. She is until now (2012) the best female

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in the

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. Herup Olsen has won several Danish Junior Championships and holds several Faroese records. She was the first Faroese woman, who ran 3000 m under 10 minutes. Bjørk is running for the Faroese club Bragdið and for the Danish club

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. She signed her letter of intent to run track at

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Personal records

* 800 meter: 2:20.01

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4 July 2010 (Faroese record) * 1500 meter: 4:37.83 Gothenburg, Sweden 3 July 2010 (Faroese record) * 3000 meter: 9:59,91

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, USA 28 January 2012 (Faroese record) * 5000 meters: 17.12,75 in

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, USA February 2012 (Faroese record) * 10,000 meters: 36:58,27

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2012 (Faroese record) * 1500 meter - Indoors: 4.38,04 Reykjavík International Games,

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17 January 2010 * 1 mile - Indoors: 5:19,35

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20 January 2008 * 3000 meter - Indoors: 10.02,47 Skive, Denmark 6. marts 2010 (Faroese indoor record)skiveam-sam.dk

References

Foroya.fo
Bjørk Herup Olsen ger aftur um seg. (Faroese)
Sportal.fo
Gull til Bjørk og Rúna. (Faroese)
Kringvarp.fo
Bjørk vann gull í Íslandi. (Faroese)
Statletik.dk
Bjørk Herup Olsen - 91 - KIF (Danish)
Portal.fo
Bjørk setti nýtt met (Faroese)

(Icelandic)
Kif-atletik.dk
(Danish)

External links

Bragdid.fo

dansk-atletik.dk DM Inde, Ungdom, Skive (Danish Junior Championship. indoors, Skive Denmark, Feb. 2008, results)

Statletik.dk - Indendørs rangliste Junior - 2009

skiveam-sam.dk - DMU 2010 results (Danish Junior Championship 2010)
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