IL Runar

Infobox athletics club
clubname = IL Runar


fullname = Idrettslaget Runar
founded =
ground = Haukerød idrettsplass (stadium) Runarhallen (indoor arena) Sandefjord

Idrettslaget Runar is a Norwegian sports club from Haukerød in Sandefjord. It has sections for athletics, team handball, football and cross country skiing.

The men's handball team currently plays in the first league of Norwegian handball, and was relegated from the first league in 2006/07 season, but they soonly got up in the first league again. Runar won the first league in the seasons 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1999-00. [ [http://www.haandball.com/historiemenn.php Norwegian league winners] ]

The men's football team currently plays in the Norwegian Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. Its last stint in the Norwegian First Division was in 1997, with players like Morten Fevang who later became a national team member. In late 1998 Runar formed the elite football team Sandefjord Fotball with local rivals Sandefjord B.K., in an attempt to take Sandefjord back to the top level of football in Norway. [ [http://www.sandefjordfotball.no/Default.asp?Cat=5 History (Sandefjord Fotball official site)] no icon] The plan succeeded, as Sandefjord Fotball currently plays in the Norwegian Premier League.

Its athletics section is known for its prominent long-distance runners. Olympic competitors Gunhild Halle Haugen and Marius Bakken represented IL Runar, and so did Susanne Wigene for a limited period.

External links

* [http://idrett.speaker.no/organisation.asp?OrgElementId=23031 Official site] no icon