Ferdinand Kvan Edman (born 12 February 1993) is a Norwegian

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specializing in the

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. He is a five-time

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runner-up, four of those times losing only to

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Biography

Edman first gained international experience at the

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, where he finished 82nd in the U20 race with a time of 20:47 as part of the bronze medal-winning Norwegian team. The following year, he achieved a 27th-place finish in the U20 race at the

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with a time of 18:50, and in 2011, he was eliminated in the first round of the 2011 European Athletics U20 Championships in

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in the

with a time of 3:53.13. In December, he placed 28th in the U20 race at the

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with a time of 18:36. The following year, Edman competed at the 2010 World U20 Championships in Athletics in

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, though he did not advance past the preliminary round in the 1500 metres with a time of 3:50.95. At the

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, he finished fourth in the U20 race with a time of 18:59. That same year, he moved to the United States and competed on the

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team. At the 2017 European Cross Country Championships in

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, he finished 52nd in the individual race with a time of 31:43. At the

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, he was eliminated in the first round of the 1500 meters with a time of 3:50.26. In 2019, he did not qualify for the final at the

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with a time of 3:51.43, and in 2021, he won the 1500 meters at the 2021 Kuortane Games with a time of 3:38.36. In 2022, he was eliminated in the 1500 m preliminary rounds of the

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with a time of 3:39.92, and subsequently finished eighth at the

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with a time of 3:37.27. The following year, he did not qualify for the final at the

2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held from 2 to 5 March 2023 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena, Ataköy Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, the first time the event took place in this country although the venue did stage the 2012 IAAF Worl ...

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with a time of 3:44.44. Edman became a full-time professional in 2022 and he is coached by Eirik Førde.

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