Grete Kirkeberg

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Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg (born 3 September 1964) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running.

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She was on the Norwegian team who won the silver medal at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, having finished 22nd in the individual race. Her highest place from the IAAF World Cross Country Championships was a fifteenth place from 1986. In the team competition there she finished sixth in 1987. She finished 21st in 10,000 metres at the 1986 European Championships and sixteenth in the marathon at the 1997 World Championships. [1] She became Norwegian champion in 5000 m in 1985, 1986 and 1992, [2] in 10,000 m in 1994 and 1996–1998 [3] and in half marathon in 1993. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 21st10,000 m 33:06.87
1988 Frankfurt Marathon Frankfurt, West Germany 1stMarathon2:35:44
1993 Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:37:58
1996 Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:36:40
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 16thMarathon 2:41:05
1998 Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:37:39
European Championships Budapest, Hungary Marathon DNF

Personal bests

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