Jan Huruk

Jan Huruk ( born January 27, 1960 in Orsk, Rudna ) is a retired Polish long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon distance.

In 1988, he won the Rhine - Ruhr Marathon and he finished sixth at the Berlin Marathon in 1989. He won the 1990 Marrakech Marathon and on the 10 - kilometer stretch of the Paderborn Easter Run; the Vienna City Marathon, he finished second, and the Chicago Marathon sixth. The following year he was second in the CPC Loop Den Haag, won again in Paderborn, won the discharged as part of the London Marathon IAAF World Cup marathon bronze, came in the marathon of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on the fourth and at the Fukuoka Marathon to eighth place.

In 1992 he qualified as second in the London Marathon for the Olympic Games in Barcelona, where he finished seventh. End of the season he came to Fukuoka to fifth place. He was also fifth in the following year, the Lake Biwa Marathon, and at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994, he was ranked 13th

In 1995 he was third at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon and 1996 fourth at the Beijing Marathon

Outdoors he was in 1987 in the 10,000 m and 1992 in the half marathon Polish champion; in the hall in 1988 over 3000 m.

January Huruk is 1,78 m tall and weighed about 63 kg competition times. He started for Gryfa Slupsk.

Personal Best

  • 3000 m: 7:55,05 min, June 18, 1989, Warsaw
  • 5000 m: 13:34,63 min, July 30, 1988, Sopot
  • 10,000 m: 28:18,42 min, June 20, 1989, Grudziądz
  • Half Marathon: 1:02:17 h, March 23, 1991, The Hague
  • Marathon: 2:10:07 h, April 12, 1992, London
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