Grete Jorunn Kirkeberg (born 3 September 1964) is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races and cross-country running.
She was on the Norwegian team who won the silver medal at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, having finished 22nd in the individual race. Her highest place from the IAAF World Cross Country Championships was a fifteenth place from 1986. In the team competition there she finished sixth in 1987. She finished 21st in 10,000 metres at the 1986 European Championships and sixteenth in the marathon at the 1997 World Championships.Norwegian international athletes – K She became Norwegian champion in 5000 m in 1985, 1986 and 1992,Norwegian championships in 5000 metres in 10,000 m in 1994 and 1996–1998 Norwegian championships in 10,000 metres and in half marathon in 1993.Norwegian championships in half marathon
Achievements Representing 1986European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany21st10,000 m33:06.871988Frankfurt MarathonFrankfurt, West Germany 1stMarathon2:35:441993Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:37:581996Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:36:401997World Championships Athens, Greece16thMarathon2:41:051998Stockholm Marathon Stockholm, Sweden 1stMarathon2:37:39European Championships Budapest, Hungary—MarathonDNF
Personal bests 5000 metres – 15:45.98 min (1986) – tenth among Norwegian 5000 m runners.Norwegian all-time list 5000 metres 10,000 metres – 32:37.99 min (1986) – sixth among Norwegian 10,000 m runners.Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres Half marathon – 1:10:36 hrs (1986) – sixth among Norwegian half marathon runners.Norwegian all-time list half marathon Marathon – 2:35:44 hrs (1988) – ninth among Norwegian marathon runners.Norwegian all-time list marathon
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