Janne Holmén
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| Personal best(s) | 5000 m: 13:35.62 (2001) 10,000 m: 28:09.94 (2003) 10 km road 28:31 (2002, NR) Half marathon: 1:02:35 (2007) Marathon: 2:10:46 (2008, NR) | ||||||||
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Janne Sven-Åke Holmén (born 26 September 1977) is a
Holmén's biggest achievement was winning the
2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden, Holmén finished in seventh place with a time of 2:13:10. In the 2007 World Championships in Athletics Janne Hólmen took ninth place with time of 2:19:36. In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
, Holmén finished in 19th place, with the time 2:14:44.
Holmén concentrated mainly on championship marathons where he generally succeeded well. His personal record time is 2:10:46, run in Rotterdam 2008. This is also the current Finnish record. He ended his athletics career in 2009 and concentrated on an academic career.
Holmén comes from a family of runners; his mother
1974 European Championships, and his father Rune served as his trainer, in addition to being a former runner.[1] Holmén lives in Uppsala, Sweden,[1] with wife Laila Skah (sister of Khalid Skah) and three sons. He has converted to Islam
.
Holmén has been studying at the
University of Uppsala, and in 2006 he obtained a doctoral degree for his thesis Den politiska läroboken: Bilden av USA och Sovjetunionen i norska, svenska och finländska läroböcker under Kalla kriget, a study of Scandinavian school books and their portrayal of the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.[1]
Personal bests
- 5000m 13:35.62 (Lappeenranta 15.7.2001)
- 10000m 28:09.94 (Turku 15.6.2003)
- 10 km road 28:31 (NR) (Madrid 2002)
- Half marathon 1:02:35 (Sevilla16.12.2007)
- Marathon 2:10:46 (NR) (Rotterdam 13.4.2008)
References
- ^ a b c d Isaksson, Janne (28 June 2020). ""Eller vad säger du, Janne, ska du bli en idrottsman?" Maratonmiraklet i München – Janne Holmén visste redan som sjuåring vad han ville" ["Or what do you say, Janne, are you going to be an athlete?" The marathon miracle in Munich - Janne Holmén already knew as a seven-year-old what he wanted]. Svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish).
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