Jesper Olsen (runner)

Jesper Olsen is a Danish ultra distance runner who holds several national records and was the second person verified to have run around the world, covering 16,000 miles in 2004 and 2005, and the first verified to do it north to south, 25,000 miles between 2008 and 2012. He holds a master's degree in political science from Copenhagen University and a law degree, and has run marathons since the age of 15. He is the Danish record holder at 100 km, 24 hours and 6 days, won the Cliff Young Australian 6-day race in 2004 with 756 kilometres, and founded the World Run project.