Are Nakkim is a retired Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented Moss IL

Moss IL

Moss Idrettslag is a Norwegian athletics club from Moss, founded in 1929.Moss IL uses the Melløs Stadion, which in 1983 got rubber track as the first stadium in Østfold county....

 during his active career.

He won a silver medal in 10,000 m at the 1990 European Championships

1990 European Championships in Athletics

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. He also competed in 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1986 European Championships

1986 European Championships in Athletics

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 as well as the World Cross Country Championships in 1989

1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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, 1990

1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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, 1991

1991 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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 and 1992

1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

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 without any success. In 10,000 m he became Norwegian champion only once, in 1984. He did win the 3000 m s'chase in 1985-1986 and 5000 m in 1986 and 1988-1990.

His personal best time in 10,000 m was 27:32.52 minutes, achieved in July 1990 on Bislett stadion

Bislett stadion

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. This is the current Norwegian record. In 5000 m he held the Norwegian record with 13:19.82 minutes until 2000, when it was broken by Marius Bakken

Marius Bakken

Marius Bakken is a Norwegian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, having run distances from 800 to 10,000 metres in his early career. He represents IL Runar....

. In 3000 m s'chase Nakkim is third with 8:24.13 minutes, only behind Jim Svenøy

Jim Svenøy

Jim Svenøy is an athlete from Fræna in Norway who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-External links:...

 and Espen Borge

Espen Borge

Espen Borge is a retired Norwegian runner who specialized in 1500 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented IF Hellas and IK Tjalve....

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