Anita HÃ¥kenstad

Anita Håkenstad Evertsen ( born February 19, 1968 in Oslo) is a Norwegian biathlete, long-distance, marathon and cross runner and mountain runner.

Anita Håkenstad was an excellent biathlete in the junior age. In 1985, she was Norwegian junior champion in singles and Sprint. She joined as a 17 year old to have a power range and won the 1985 together with Sanna Gronlid and Siv Bråten the relay title at the Norwegian Championships in Fyresdal Oppland. In the same cast, she won in 1986 in Geilo (or 1987 in Tromsø) their second title. The 1,70 m tall and 55 kg athlete turned then to the Athletics and launched from 1985 to the club of the municipality Øystre Slidre, later for the clubs and IF Minerva Idrettslaget i Bondeungdomslaget (BUL ) in Oslo. As a mountain runner it occurs again for Øystre Slidre IL. They first denied race over medium and long distances, and they turned to the passage of time longer and longer distances. It launched in cross-country running. Your first international competition they played in 1985 at the Athletics Junior Championships over 1500 meters, when she was in a time of 4:26.61 minutes Eleventh. In 1986, she participated in the first Junior World Championships in Athletics in Athens this, she went to over 3000 meters, finishing in a personal best of 9:12,80 min sixth place. In March of the same year, she participated in the World Cross Country Championships in part, in the victory of the then starting yet for England Zola Budd was one of the youngest participants in Neuchatel Planeyse Colombier Thirtieth in the individual, with the team ( Grete Kirkeberg, Christine Sørum, Håkenstad, Anne Jorun Flaten ) Ninth. This remained her best World Cup result in the individual competition in cross-country running. With the team in the cast Ingrid Kristiansen, Maiken Sørum, Håkenstad, Kirkeberg she could finish it in sixth at the World Championships a year, in single rank, she managed 42, 1988 in Auckland, she had to be content with 97th place. Also in 1987, she participated in the road race World Championships over 15km in part, reaching number 57, they also won their first Norwegian Championship in Athletics competition, as they in 16:06,02 min in the 5000 - meter race won. About the same distance she was runner-up in 1989. Your 5000 -meter best time is 15:44,66 min of July 1992 Bislett Stadium, Oslo. Another national championship they won over the half marathon distance in 1996, her winning time was 1:12:21 h, 2003, she contributed as a third again in the list of winners of the half marathon one. In cross country, she won Norwegian title, 1987-1996 a total of three times.

Between 1995 and 1997 Håkenstad was one of the strongest marathoners Norway. She took part in the 1995 and 1997 World Athletics Championships, but was in two races on. Things went better for Håkenstad at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was the only Norwegian starter on the Marathon route was the victory of the Ethiopian Fatuma Roba 48, their time was 2:43:58 h On September 29, 1996, she presented at the Berlin Marathon in a personal best over this distance, their 2:30:08 hours - second place behind Colleen De Reuck - are the fifth best time behind Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway's Grete Waitz, Stine Larsen and Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (May 2008). 1997 Håkenstad won the Stockholm Marathon in a time of 2:33,26 h

Since the 2000s Håkenstad Evertsen shifted its activities more on the cross-country running and also began to mountain running. To re National Championship in Cross Country 2005, four Norwegian championships came between 2005 and 2008 in the mountain running. In 2007 she won the first place at the World Mountain Running Distance Challenge, an international mountain running competition where she participated as the only Norwegian runner. For this, the title came at the European Championships and a victory in the Jungfrau Marathon in 3:23:05,5 h In the Mountain Running World Championships 2008 Håkenstad Evertsen finished sixth and won as part of the Norwegian team for the title. In 2008, she presented with 1:20:06 hours on a new course record at Skåla Up in Loen ( Stryn ).