Mårten Boström

Mårten Boström Erik Bernt ( born August 3, 1982 in Kirkkonummi ) is a Finnish athlete and orienteers. In 2013 he became world champion over the sprint distance in orienteering.

Career

Mårten Boström was born in 1982 as the youngest of four children in southern Finland Kirkkonummi in an orienteering enthusiastic family. His twelve- year older brother Mikael Boström 1997 and 1999 with the Finnish relay each runner-up. At the age of four years he had his first contacts with the orienteering.

Bostrom won the 2004 bronze medal in the sprint at the Orienteering Championships. He also became Finnish Champion 2005 in this discipline. Between 2004 and 2007 he participated four times in a row at World Orienteering Championships and reached it as the best result a ninth place. He then devoted himself to the goal, to qualify for the Olympic marathon. In 2008 he had a time of 2:15 hours needed it but with 2:18:51 hours, set up at the marathon in Ottawa, Canada, failed. In 2012 he attempted to qualify for the Olympics. But the Rotterdam Marathon on April 15, 2012, he remained with 2:21:03 hours again on the qualifying time. Then his attention shifted back to the orienteering and the upcoming home World Championships 2013 in Finland, where he surprisingly won the competition over the sprint distance.

Boström is married to the orienteer Matleena Boström ( born Ojapalo ). The couple lives in Helsinki. He belongs to the Finnish club Lynx. Boström studied Geographic Information Sciences at Northern Arizona University ( B.Sc.) and the University of Helsinki ( M.Sc.).

Placements

Athletics

Finnish Championships:

  • 2nd place in the Cross Country 2007
  • 3rd place in cross country in 2006, in the 10,000 -meter run in 2006 and the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2009

Orienteering

World Championships:

  • 2004: 17th Place Sprint
  • 2005: Qualifying Sprint
  • 2006: 13th Place Sprint
  • 2007: 9th place Sprint
  • 2013: 1st place sprint

European Championships:

  • 2004: 3rd place Sprint

Finnish Championships:

Bests

  • 800 -meter run: 2:02,89 min on 31 May 2007 in Helsinki
  • 1500 -meter run: 4:03,62 min on July 6, 2010 in Helsinki
  • 3000 -meter run: 8:22,53 min on 19 March 2006 in Tempe (Arizona )
  • 3000 meter steeplechase: 9:05,44 min on June 30, 2010 in Espoo
  • 5000 -meter run: 14:21,76 min on 13 April 2006 in Walnut (California )
  • 10,000 -meter run: 29:16,68 min on 5 April 2008 in Palo Alto
  • Half Marathon: 1:05:59 h on April 20, 2008 in Siuntio
  • Marathon: 2:18:51 h on May 25, 2008 in Ottawa
Athletics (sport) Rotterdam-Marathon 3000 metres Tempe (Arizona) 5000 metres Walnut, California Palo Alto, California
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