Christin Sørum (born 12 January 1968) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

and

cross-country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

. She represented IL Skjalg. In 3000 m she won a silver medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships, finished fifth at the 1986 World Junior Championships and fourteenth at the 1986 European Championships, having established a personal best time of 9:00.13 minutes in the heats of the latter competition. Her highest place from the

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was a 21st place from

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. In the team competition there she finished ninth, which was a repeat from

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. Later she competed at the

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and 1989 World Cross Country Championships without the same amount of success.

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

- 4:13.88 min (1987) *3000 metres - 9:00.13 min (1986) - seventh among Norwegian 3000 m runners.Norwegian all-time list 3000 metres

References

1968 births Living people Norwegian female long-distance runners Norwegian female middle-distance runners Norwegian female cross country runners 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub