Jan Fjærestad (born 28 February 1954) is a retired Norwegian

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

competitor and athlete. His achievements in orienteering include an individual silver medal at the

1974 World Orienteering Championships The 1974 World Orienteering Championships, the 5th World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orien ...

and a world championship title in the relay in

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. He won three national titles in

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), 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 ...

Personal life

Born on 28 February 1954, Fjærestad represented the

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

club Fana IL.

Sports career

Orienteering

Fjærestad is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on 3 December 2007) along with Svein Jacobsen, Egil Johansen, and Eystein Weltzien. He won a silver medal in the relay in 1976, and a bronze medal in 1974. He won an individual silver medal in the

in Denmark, behind winner

Bernt Frilén Bernt Frilén (3 June 1945 – 7 May 2019) was a Swedish orienteering competitor, winner of the 1974 Individual World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering ...

Athletics

He is also a

runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion. He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in

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 sta ...

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

and

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

. He represented the club Fana IL. Internationally he competed at the 1978 European Championships, the 1983 World Cross Country Championships and the 1983 World Championships, but without any success. His personal best times were: *

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 3000 m sho ...

- 7:57.06 min (1982). *

- 13:37.2 min (1978). *

- 28:25.52 min (1981) - ninth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners. *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

- 1:03:43 hrs (1980). *

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), 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 ...

- 2:13:31 hrs (1983) - tenth among Norwegian marathon runners.Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon

Achievements

*All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

References

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1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Bergen Norwegian male orienteers Norwegian male marathon runners Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-orienteering-bio-stub