Bjørk Herup Olsen (born 2 October 1991) is a Faroese athlete. She is until now (2012) the best female middle- and long-distance runner in the Faroe Islands. Herup Olsen has won several Danish Junior Championshipsdansk-atletik.dk 2008, Bjørk Herup Olsen won gold in 3000 meter and silver in 1000 meter (Girls 16–17 years) and holds several Faroese records. She was the first Faroese woman, who ran 3000 m under 10 minutes. Bjørk is running for the Faroese club Bragdið and for the Danish club Helsingør Idrætsforening.Kif-atletik.dk (Danish) She signed her letter of intent to run track at East Carolina University.
Personal records 800 meter: 2:20.01 Gothenburg, Sweden 4 July 2010Trackandfield.se (Faroese record)Sportal.fo 1500 meter: 4:37.83 Gothenburg, Sweden 3 July 2010Trackandfield.se (Faroese record) 3000 meter: 9:59,91 Pennsylvania, USA 28 January 2012Vagaporta.fo, Bjørk sett nýtt føroyskt met (Faroese) (Faroese record) 5000 meters: 17.12,75 in Ohio, USA February 2012Bragdid.fo (Faroese record) 10,000 meters: 36:58,27 North Carolina 2012 (Faroese record) 1500 meter - Indoors: 4.38,04 Reykjavík International Games, Iceland 17 January 2010Kringvarp.fo 1 mile - Indoors: 5:19,35 Reykjavík 20 January 2008 3000 meter - Indoors: 10.02,47 Skive, Denmark 6. marts 2010 (Faroese indoor record)skiveam-sam.dk
References
Foroya.fo, Bjørk Herup Olsen ger aftur um seg. (Faroese) Sportal.fo, Gull til Bjørk og Rúna. (Faroese) Kringvarp.fo, Bjørk vann gull í Íslandi. (Faroese) Statletik.dk Bjørk Herup Olsen - 91 - KIF (Danish) Portal.fo, Bjørk setti nýtt met (Faroese) afrek.fri.is (Icelandic) Kif-atletik.dk (Danish)
External links Bragdid.fo dansk-atletik.dk DM Inde, Ungdom, Skive (Danish Junior Championship. indoors, Skive Denmark, Feb. 2008, results) Statletik.dk - Indendørs rangliste Junior - 2009 skiveam-sam.dk - DMU 2010 results (Danish Junior Championship 2010)