Stine Larsen (born 5 November 1975) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

. In her younger days she won a bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the inaugural European Under 23 Championships in 1997, finishing behind

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and Annemari Sandell. She finished twelfth at the 2000 World Half Marathon Championships. In the marathon event she has finished seventeenth at the 2003 World Championships and twenty-fourth at the

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. She became Norwegian champion in the half marathon in 1999, representing the sports club FIK BFG Fana.

Personal bests

*5000 metres - 15:46.02 min (1997) *10,000 metres - 32:28.16 min (2000) - fourth among Norwegian 10,000 metres runners, only behind

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, Susanne Wigene and

Gunhild Halle Haugen Gunhild Haugen (née Halle; born 1 June 1972) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She is the daughter of Per Halle, who was her coach as well. Haugen represented IL Runar. In 5000 m she fin ...

. *Half marathon - 1:09:28 hrs (2000) - third among Norwegian half marathon runners, only behind

and

Grete Waitz Grete Waitz (, 1 October 195319 April 2011) was a Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder. In 1979, at the New York City Marathon, she became the first woman in history to run the marathon in under two and a half hours. Waitz ...

. *Marathon - 2:27:05 hrs (2002) - third among Norwegian marathon runners, only behind

and

.Norwegian all-time list, women's marathon

Achievements

References

1975 births Living people Norwegian female long-distance runners Norwegian female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Athletes from Bergen {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub