Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Henrik Ingebrigtsen in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Sandnes, Norway | 24 February 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regional finals | 1st at the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) |
1500m: 3:31.46[1] Mile: 3:50.72[1] 3000m: 7:42.19[1] 2-mile: 8:22.31[1] 5000m: 13:16.97[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His younger brothers, Filip Ingebrigtsen and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, are also middle-distance runners.
Athletic career
Ingebrigtsen first broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 meters at the age of 19.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki at the 1500 metres event. He followed it by finishing 5th at the Olympic Games in London with a new national record of 3:35.43. Ingebrigsten further improved the national record to 3:33.95 at the Diamond League meet held in Zürich on August 29, 2013.
On May 3, 2018, he won the men's 5000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a time of 13:16.97, beating Riley Masters by only 0.005 seconds.[3] He ran the last 400 meters of the race in 56.27 seconds.[3]
International competitions
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 IAAF. "Henrik INGEBRIGSTEN - Athlete Profile".
- ↑ European Athletics (author name unknown) (July 29, 2014). "Record breaker Ingebrigtsen turns his gaze towards Europeans".
- 1 2 AthleticLIVE (May 3, 2018). "Men 5000 Meter Run Section 1 - Payton Jordan Invitational". Retrieved October 13, 2018.