In high school, Marius was a foreign exchange student who ran for famed distance coach Joe Newton at York High School, Elmhurst, IL, USA. In 1996 he won both the 1600 and 3200 races at the IL state track and field championships. His 1600m best at York (1996) was 4:09.2.
marius, bakken, born, march, 1978, sandefjord, norwegian, runner, specializes, 5000, metres, having, distances, from, metres, early, career, represents, runar, bakken, bislett, games, oslo, july, 2005, finished, ninth, 2001, world, championships, fourteenth, 2. Marius Bakken born March 27 1978 in Sandefjord is a Norwegian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres having run distances from 800 to 10 000 metres in his early career He represents IL Runar Bakken 147 at the Bislett Games in Oslo July 29 2005 He finished ninth at the 2001 World Championships fourteenth at the 2002 European Championships and twelfth at the 2005 World Championships In addition he competed at the 1999 World Championships and the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without success 1 He became Norwegian champion in 1500 m in 2001 2003 and 2004 2 and in 5000 m in 2003 and 2005 3 Following a disappointing 2006 European Championships Bakken announced his intentions to concentrate on medicine studies in 2007 4 In high school Marius was a foreign exchange student who ran for famed distance coach Joe Newton at York High School Elmhurst IL USA In 1996 he won both the 1600 and 3200 races at the IL state track and field championships His 1600m best at York 1996 was 4 09 2 Personal bests edit800 metres 1 51 19 min 1997 5 1500 metres 3 38 84 min 2005 eighth among Norwegian 1500 m runners 6 3000 metres 7 40 77 2001 7 5000 metres 13 06 39 2004 8 10 000 metres 28 26 36 min 2000 tenth among Norwegian 10 000 m runners 9 References edit Norwegian international athletes B Archived 2007 09 28 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Norwegian championships in 1500 metres Archived 2007 09 28 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Norwegian championships in 5000 metres Archived 2007 09 28 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Jarlsbo Oystein 19 October 2006 Bakken gir seg VG in Norwegian Retrieved 2007 01 12 Norwegian all time list 800 metres Archived 2008 08 03 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Norwegian all time list 1500 metres Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Norwegian all time list 3000 metres Archived 2008 10 22 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Norwegian all time list 5000 metres Archived 2007 09 28 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian Norwegian all time list 10 000 metres Archived 2008 06 04 at the Wayback Machine in Norwegian External links editMarius Bakken at World Athletics nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Norwegian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marius Bakken amp oldid 1183822389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
