Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu

Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (* May 29, 1970 in Øystese ) is a Norwegian long-distance runner who specializes in marathon races.

In 2005 she won the 20 van Alphen, finished sixth at the Hamburg Marathon, finishing at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki the 28th place in the marathon. At the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 she reached the 13th place in the road race World Championships in 2006 31 place. In the same year she was second in the Frankfurt Marathon.

In 2007 she won the Göteborgsvarvet and the Stockholm Marathon and finished the Frankfurt Marathon in third. At the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka, she came in 29th place in the marathon. The following year she won again when Göteborgsvarvet and was fifth at the Frankfurt Marathon. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, she finished 34th in the marathon at the Mountain Running World Championships in Sierre, she finished fourth and won with Norway the national rankings.

Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu is 1,70 m tall and has a competition weight of 52 kg. It starts for the Friidrettsklubben BFG Fana.

Bests

  • 5000 m: 16:00,51 min 28 June, 2006, Bergen
  • 10,000 m: 32:31,45 min 25 May, 2008, Roskilde
  • Half Marathon: 1:10:19 h 17 May, 2008, Gothenburg
  • Marathon: 2:29:12 h, October 28, 2007, Frankfurt am Main
Long-distance running Hamburg-Marathon 2005 World Championships in Athletics 2006 European Athletics Championships Frankfurt-Marathon Stockholm-Marathon 2007 World Championships in Athletics 5000 metres
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