Benša made his international debut in the junior men's race at the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he placed 77th. In the following year's IAAF World Cross Country junior men's race, he finished in 35th place. Later in 1996, he ran both the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics. On August 21, he finished the men's 10,000 in 19th overall with a time of 29:53.41.[2] On the other hand, the men's 5000 meters had multiple heats from which the top places from each heat would progress to a final round two days later. Benša started in heat #2, running 14:08.34 for fifth place on August 23.[3] Two days later, he finished 10th overall in the final round of the men's 5000 in 14:12.13.[4]
He left for the United States to race professionally. On February 20, 2000, he was entered in the Austin Marathon as a professional pacemaker, but decided in the middle of the race to try finishing and ended up winning.[8] On December 31, 2000, in below-freezing temperatures and strong gusts, he won a four-mile road race organized by NYRR called the New Year's Eve Midnight Run.[9] He finished the race in 19:31 (min:sec), ahead of runner-up Marcus O'Sullivan by 15 seconds.[9] On January 20, 2002, Benša won the men's race in the Carlsbad Marathon, after which he was given $3,000 in prize money.[10] On June 1, 2002, he won the Stillwater Stampede 5-miler in 23:46.47, breaking the course record previously held by 2:10-marathoner Nelson Ndereva Njeru.[11]
janko, benša, born, june, 1977, serbian, retired, distance, runner, winner, 2000, austin, marathon, competed, internationally, yugoslavia, during, 1990s, personal, informationnationalityserbianborn, 1977, june, 1977, bački, petrovac, yugoslaviasportsporttrack,. Janko Bensa born 28 June 1977 is a Serbian retired distance runner He was the men s winner of the 2000 Austin Marathon He competed internationally for Yugoslavia during the 1990s Janko BensaPersonal informationNationalitySerbianBorn 1977 06 28 June 28 1977 age 46 Backi Petrovac YugoslaviaSportSportTrack long distance runningEvent s 5000 metres 10 000 metres half marathon marathonAchievements and titlesPersonal best s 3000m 7 54 19 1 5000m 13 34 63 1 10 000m 29 00 17 1 marathon 1 02 11 1 Marathon 2 14 10 1 Contents 1 Running career 1 1 Competing for Yugoslavia 1 2 Racing in the United States 2 ReferencesRunning career editCompeting for Yugoslavia edit Bensa made his international debut in the junior men s race at the 1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where he placed 77th In the following year s IAAF World Cross Country junior men s race he finished in 35th place Later in 1996 he ran both the 5000 meters and 10 000 meters at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics On August 21 he finished the men s 10 000 in 19th overall with a time of 29 53 41 2 On the other hand the men s 5000 meters had multiple heats from which the top places from each heat would progress to a final round two days later Bensa started in heat 2 running 14 08 34 for fifth place on August 23 3 Two days later he finished 10th overall in the final round of the men s 5000 in 14 12 13 4 In 1997 he finished in 11th place in the men s 10 000 meters at the European U23 Championships About a month later he finished in 15th place in the men s half marathon at the 1997 Summer Universiade In the fall he finished the 1997 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1 03 41 5 At the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships he ran a lifetime best of 1 02 11 which was good for 20th place in a deep field 6 He won the men s race at Yugoslavia s Beli Kros in 1999 7 Racing in the United States edit He left for the United States to race professionally On February 20 2000 he was entered in the Austin Marathon as a professional pacemaker but decided in the middle of the race to try finishing and ended up winning 8 On December 31 2000 in below freezing temperatures and strong gusts he won a four mile road race organized by NYRR called the New Year s Eve Midnight Run 9 He finished the race in 19 31 min sec ahead of runner up Marcus O Sullivan by 15 seconds 9 On January 20 2002 Bensa won the men s race in the Carlsbad Marathon after which he was given 3 000 in prize money 10 On June 1 2002 he won the Stillwater Stampede 5 miler in 23 46 47 breaking the course record previously held by 2 10 marathoner Nelson Ndereva Njeru 11 References edit a b c d e Janko BENSA Profile World Athletics 1 Association of Road Racing Statisticians Race profile IAAF World Junior Championships 10km August 21 1996 2 Association of Road Racing Statisticians Race profile IAAF World Junior Championships Heat 2 5km August 23 1996 3 Association of Road Racing Statisticians Race profile IAAF World Junior Championships 5km August 25 1996 4 Association of Road Racing Statisticians IAAF World Championships Half marathon October 4 1997 5 Association of Road Racing Statisticians Race profile IAAF World Championships Half marathon September 27 1998 6 Belikros Istorija in Serbian Angela Lindsay Johnson Jackie Liu 2000 TWIN CITIES MARATHON News Release Retrieved October 25 2018 a b The New York Times PLUS ROAD RUNNING Arizonan Wins Midnight Run January 2 2001 Retrieved October 25 2018 7 Association of Road Racing Statisticians Race profile 2002 San Diego Carlsbad Marathon Laurie Gordon June 2002 Runners Make Ripples in Stillwater Runner s Gazette Retrieved October 26 2018 nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Serbian sport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janko Bensa amp oldid 1195105220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
