Atle Douglas (born 9 June 1968 in

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) is a retired Norwegian middle-distance runner who specialized in the

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. He represented BFG Fana, SK Vidar, Bergen FIK, IL Gular and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. He finished eighth at the 1994 European Championships. He also competed at the

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and

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as well as the World Championships in

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and

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without reaching the finals. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1987–1990, 1993, 1995 and 1998. His personal best time was 1:43.69 minutes, achieved in September 1995 in

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. This places him second among Norwegian 800 m runners, only behind 1996 Olympic champion Vebjørn Rodal.Norwegian all-time list 800 metres

References

* 1968 births Living people Norwegian male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway English people of Scottish descent British emigrants to Norway Naturalised citizens of Norway Norwegian people of Scottish descent 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub