Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the 2017 Bislett Games
Personal information
Nationality Norwegian
Born (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000
Sandnes, Norway
Sport
Sport Track
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1500m: 3:31.18[1]
Mile: 3:52.28[1]
5000m: 13:17.06[1]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
European Championships
2018 Berlin 1500 m
2018 Berlin 5000 m
World Junior Championships
2018 Tampere1500 m
2018 Tampere5000 m
European Junior Championships
2017 Grosseto5000 m
2017 Grosseto3000 m st.
European Cross Country Championships
2017 ŠamorínJunior Men
2016 ChiaJunior Men
Representing Europe Europe
Continental Cup
2018 Ostrava1500 m
Updated on October 14, 2018.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. He won two gold medals at the 2018 European Championships, in the 1500 and 5000 metres events. His older brothers Henrik and Filip are also middle-distance runners who compete internationally. They are trained by their father Gjert Ingebrigtsen.[2]

Career

He won the gold medal in the juniors' event at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships in Chia, Italy.[3]

On 27 May 2017 he became the youngest athlete to run the one-mile distance in less than 4 minutes, when he finished in 11th place in a Diamond League race at Hayward Field in Eugene, USA.[4]

On 15 June he ran almost two seconds faster, when he finished first in a mile race at Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway with the time 3:56.29.[5]

On 8 July 2017 he beat the junior European record on 3000 metres steeplechase at the Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium with the time 8:26.81. This was his first time competing in the 3000 m steeplechase event.

On 26 May 2018 at age 17, Ingebrigtsen ran a 3:52.28 mile in the Prefontaine Classic's Bowerman Mile for 4th place. This mark was the second-fastest mile run by a seventeen-year-old or younger of all time, behind only that of Hamza Driouch (who has since been banned from the sport for performance-enhancing drugs use).[6]

On August 10, 2018, Jakob won a Gold Medal at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin in the 1500 metres race, ahead of his brothers in fourth and 12th, becoming the youngest ever European champion.[7] He added a second gold medal a day later, in the 5000 metres event, with his brother Henrik finishing second.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 IAAF. "Jakob INGEBRIGSTEN - Athlete Profile".
  2. ↑ Thomas Brakstad (16 March 2016) Familien vinnervilje NRK
  3. ↑ Oh brother! It's gold for Ingebrigtsen European Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2017
  4. ↑ Ingebrigtsen makes history with a sub-four minute mile in Eugene European Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2017
  5. ↑ Norway Teen Jakob Ingebrigtsen Runs 3:56.29 For His Home Crowd In Oslo Mile Split. Retrieved 15 June 2017
  6. ↑ "17-Year Old Jakob Ingebrigtsen Runs 3:52 Mile at Prefontaine Classic, And Oh Yeah Timothy Cheruiyot Wins in 3:49".
  7. ↑ Ingle, Sean (10 August 2018). "Jakob Ingebrigtsen, 17, beats brothers and Britons to claim 1500m gold". the Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "European Championships 2018: Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, 17, beats brother to complete golden double". BBC Sport. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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