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'''Jan Fjærestad''' (born 28 February 1954) is a retired [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[orienteering]] [[Competition|competitor]] and athlete. He is [[World Orienteering Championships|Relay World Champion]] from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,<ref name="woc">[http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5whDf0IWo?url=http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp |date=2011-02-22 }} (Retrieved on December 3, 2007)</ref><ref name=iof-woc1978>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=22 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1978 |publisher=[[International Orienteering Federation]] |accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> as well as having a silver medal from 1976,<ref name=iof-woc1976>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=21 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1976 |publisher=[[International Orienteering Federation]] |accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> and bronze medal from 1974.<ref name=iof-woc1974/> He also obtained silver in the 1974 Individual World Championships.<ref name=iof-woc1974>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=20 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1974 |publisher=[[International Orienteering Federation]] |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref>
'''Jan Fjærestad''' (born 28 February 1954) is a retired [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[orienteering]] [[Competition|competitor]] and athlete. He is [[World Orienteering Championships|Relay World Champion]] from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,<ref name="woc">[http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154017/http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp |date=23 August 2011 }} (Retrieved on 3 December 2007)</ref><ref name=iof-woc1978>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=22 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1978 |publisher=[[International Orienteering Federation]] |accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> as well as having a silver medal from 1976,<ref name=iof-woc1976>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=21 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1976 |publisher=[[International Orienteering Federation]] |accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> and bronze medal from 1974.<ref name=iof-woc1974/> He also obtained silver in the 1974 Individual World Championships.<ref name=iof-woc1974>{{cite web | url=http://orienteering.org/events/?event_id=20 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1974 |publisher=[[International Orienteering Federation]] |accessdate=13 July 2017}}</ref>


He is also a [[marathon]] runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203431/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in [[5000 metres]], [[10,000 metres]] and [[half marathon]].<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 5000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000404/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 10,000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000404/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mhalfmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's half marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190126/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mhalfmar.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> He represented the club [[Fana IL]]. Internationally he competed at the [[1978 European Championships in Athletics|1978 European Championships]], the [[1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1983 World Cross Country Championships]] and the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon|1983 World Championships]], but without any success.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mf.htm Norwegian international athletes - F] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306105937/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mf.htm |date=2007-03-06 }}</ref>
He is also a [[marathon]] runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203431/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in [[5000 metres]], [[10,000 metres]] and [[half marathon]].<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 5000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000404/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 10,000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000404/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mhalfmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's half marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190126/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mhalfmar.htm |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> He represented the club [[Fana IL]]. Internationally he competed at the [[1978 European Championships in Athletics|1978 European Championships]], the [[1983 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|1983 World Cross Country Championships]] and the [[1983 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon|1983 World Championships]], but without any success.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mf.htm Norwegian international athletes - F] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306105937/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mf.htm |date=2007-03-06 }}</ref>


His personal best times were:
His personal best times were:
*[[3000 metres]] - 7:57.06 min (1982).<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M3000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 3000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022032542/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M3000.htm |date=2008-10-22 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[3000 metres]] - 7:57.06 min (1982).<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M3000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 3000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022032542/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M3000.htm |date=2008-10-22 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[5000 metres]] - 13:37.2 min (1978).<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M5000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 5000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001600/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M5000.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[5000 metres]] - 13:37.2 min (1978).<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M5000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 5000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001600/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M5000.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[10,000 metres]] - 28:25.52 min (1981) - ninth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 10,000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604023407/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm |date=2008-06-04 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[10,000 metres]] - 28:25.52 min (1981) - ninth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 10,000 metres] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604023407/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm |date=4 June 2008 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[Half marathon]] - 1:03:43 hrs (1980).<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MHALVMAR.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's half marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330110203/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MHALVMAR.htm |date=2007-03-30 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[Half marathon]] - 1:03:43 hrs (1980).<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MHALVMAR.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's half marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330110203/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MHALVMAR.htm |date=30 March 2007 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[Marathon]] - 2:13:31 hrs (1983) - tenth among Norwegian marathon runners.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604023407/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm |date=2008-06-04 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[Marathon]] - 2:13:31 hrs (1983) - tenth among Norwegian marathon runners.<ref>[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604023407/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm |date=2008-06-04 }} {{in lang|no}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 02:47, 5 April 2024

Jan Fjærestad
Fjærestad in 1978
Personal information
Born (1954-02-28) 28 February 1954 (age 70)
Sport
Sport
  • Orienteering
  • Athletics
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1978 Kongsberg Relay
Silver medal – second place 1974 Silkeborg Individual
Silver medal – second place 1976 Aviemore Relay
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Silkeborg Relay

Jan Fjærestad (born 28 February 1954) is a retired Norwegian orienteering competitor and athlete. He is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team,[1][2] as well as having a silver medal from 1976,[3] and bronze medal from 1974.[4] He also obtained silver in the 1974 Individual World Championships.[4]

He is also a marathon runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion.[5] He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon.[6][7][8] 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.[9]

His personal best times were:

Achievements[edit]

  • All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Norway
1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 55th 2:30:58

References[edit]

  1. ^ World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 3 December 2007)
  2. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1978". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ "World Orienteering Championships 1976". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b "World Orienteering Championships 1974". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. ^ Norwegian championship, men's marathon Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Norwegian championship, men's 5000 metres Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Norwegian championship, men's 10,000 metres Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Norwegian championship, men's half marathon Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Norwegian international athletes - F Archived 2007-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Norwegian all-time list, men's 3000 metres Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  11. ^ Norwegian all-time list, men's 5000 metres Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  12. ^ Norwegian all-time list, men's 10,000 metres Archived 4 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  13. ^ Norwegian all-time list, men's half marathon Archived 30 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  14. ^ Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)



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