Jan Fjærestad

Jan Fjærestad (born February 28, 1954) is a retired Norwegian orienteering competitor and athlete. He is Relay World Champion from 1978 as a member of the Norwegian winning team, [http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] (Retrieved on December 3, 2007)] as well as having a silver medal from 1976 and bronze medal from 1974. He also obtained silver in the 1974 Individual World Championships.

He is also a marathon runner, winner of the Nordic Championship in 1977, and three times national marathon champion. [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's marathon] ] He also has medals at the Norwegian championships in 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon. [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m5000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 5000 metres] ] [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/m10000.htm Norwegian championship, men's 10,000 metres] ] [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/mhalfmar.htm Norwegian championship, men's half marathon] ] 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. [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/mf.htm Norwegian international athletes - F] ]

His personal best times were:
*3000 metres - 7:57.06 min (1982). [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M3000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 3000 metres] no icon]
*5000 metres - 13:37.2 min (1978). [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M5000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 5000 metres] no icon]
*10,000 metres - 28:25.52 min (1981) - ninth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners. [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's 10,000 metres] no icon]
*Half marathon - 1:03:43 hrs (1980). [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/MHALVMAR.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's half marathon] no icon]
*Marathon - 2:13:31 hrs (1983) - tenth among Norwegian marathon runners. [ [http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/at/sen/M10000.htm Norwegian all-time list, men's marathon] no icon]

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