Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Aníta Hinriksdóttir
Aníta in Rieti 2013
nation	Iceland
birthday	13th January 1996 (age 24)
place of birth	Reykjavík ,  Iceland
size	161 cm
Weight	50 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Best performance	400 meters: 54.29 s 800 meters: 2: 00.05 min 1500 meters: 4: 06.43 min
society	Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur
Trainer	Gunnar Páll Jóakimsson
status	active
Medal table
European Indoor Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U23 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Junior European Championships 1 × 0 × 1 × Youth World Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
European Indoor Championships bronze Belgrade 2017 800 m  U23 European Championships silver Bydgoszcz 2017 800 m  Junior European Championships gold Rieti 2013 800 m bronze Eskilstuna 2015 800 m  Youth World Championships gold Donetsk 2013 800 m
last change: July 23, 2017

Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born January 13, 1996 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic athlete who competes in the middle-distance run and specializes in the 800 meters.

Career

The Icelander was very successful at a very young age. In 2012, when she was only 16, she finished fourth at the Junior World Athletics Championships . The following year she won gold at the World Youth Championships and the European Junior Championships . In 2015 she finished 5th at the European Indoor Championships and was eliminated in the preliminary round of the 2015 World Championships in Beijing . She also won the bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in Sweden. At the 2016 World Indoor Championships , she again finished 5th in the final and was considered a favorite for a medal for the European Championships . She could not quite live up to expectations and took eighth place in the final with a time of 2: 02.55 min. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , despite a new national record time, she failed to make it to the semifinals.

At the European Indoor Championships 2017 in Belgrade , she secured her first medal at a major event in the senior class with third place over 800 meters and at the same time won the first Icelandic medal at the European Indoor Championships in nineteen years. At the U23 European Championships in Bydgoszcz , Poland , she won the silver medal and only had to admit defeat to Belgian Renée Eykens .

Top performances

• 400 meters: 54.29 s, May 29, 2013 in Luxembourg
  • 400 meters (hall): 54.21 s, February 6, 2016 in Reykjavík
• 800 meters: 2: 00.05 min, June 15, 2017 in Oslo ( Icelandic record )
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 01.18, February 4, 2017 in Reykjavík ( Icelandic record )
• 1500 meters: 4: 06.43 min, June 11, 2017 in Hengelo ( Icelandic record )
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 09.54, February 6, 2018 in Düsseldorf ( Icelandic record )
• 2000 meter obstacle: 6: 34.80 min, August 19, 2012 in Växjö ( Icelandic record )

Web links

Commons : Aníta Hinriksdóttir  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anita Hinriksdóttir in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/history/year=2016/results/index.html
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Þorkell Gunnar Sigurbjörnsson: Aníta vann brons á EM - Sjáðu hlaupið ( Icelandic ) RÚV. March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
4. ↑ http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/history/year=2017/results/index.html#

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .