Henrik Ingebrigtsen

Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Ingebrigtsen at the Bislett Games 2016
nation	Norway
birthday	24th February 1991 (age 29)
place of birth	Sandnes , Norway
size	180 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
discipline	1500 meters to 5000 meters
Trainer	Gjert Ingebrigtsen
status	active
Medal table
European championships 1 × 2 × 1 × European Indoor Championships 0 × 1 × 2 × Cross-country championships 2 × 1 × 1 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
European championships gold Helsinki 2012 1500 m silver Zurich 2014 1500 m bronze Amsterdam 2016 1500 m silver Berlin 2018 5000 m  European Indoor Championships bronze Prague 2015 3000 m silver Belgrade 2017 3000 m bronze Glasgow 2019 3000 m  European Cross Country Championships silver Brussels 2008 U20 team bronze Dublin 2009 U20 team gold Velenje 2011 U23 team gold Szentendre 2012 U23 singles  U23 European Championships gold Tampere 2013 5000 m
last change: March 2nd, 2019

Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born February 24, 1991 in Sandnes ) is a Norwegian 1500 to 5000 meter runner .

Ingebrigtsen had success in the youth field mainly at the European championships in cross-country running, when he came second in 2008 and third in the U20 team classification in 2009. In 2011 he won the U23 team competition with the Norwegian team. In between, he participated in the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, ​​where he was eliminated in advance. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 2012 , Ingebrigtsen surprisingly won the European title after a very slow race in 3: 46.20 minutes ahead of the Frenchman Florian Carvalho . In London he reached the finals at the Olympic Games , where he set a new national record as fifth and best European in 3: 35.43 minutes.

At the European Championships in Amsterdam in 2016 , he won the bronze medal over 1500 meters when his brother Filip won and was fourth over 5000 meters. Two years later, at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin , he finished fourth in the 1500 meters and won the silver medal in the 5000 meters. His brother Jakob won both races .

In 2020 Ingebrigtsen started in the Bislett Games, which were held as Impossible Games because of the Covid-19 pandemic, in a long- distance duel between team “Ingebrigtsen” and team “Cheruiyot”, with the 2000-meter run being held in Oslo and Nairobi in parallel. With 4: 53.72 minutes he crossed the finish line behind his brother Jakob who had set the European record and ahead of his brother Filip .

Ingebrigtsen has a competition weight of 69 kg with a height of 1.80 m.  

Personal best

(As of June 11, 2020) Hall;

• 800 m : 1: 49.62 min, January 31, 2012, Vienna
• 1,500 m : 3: 39.70 min, March 8, 2015, Prague
• 3,000 m : 7: 45.54 min, March 7, 2015, Prague ( Norwegian record )

open air

• 800 m : 1: 48.09 min, May 24, 2014, Tønsberg
• 1,500 m : 3: 31.46 min, July 18, 2014, Monaco
• Mile : 3: 50.72 min, June 11, 2014, Oslo
• 2000 m : 4: 53.72 min, June 11, 2020, Oslo
• 3,000 m : 7: 36.85 min, June 13, 2019, Oslo ( Norwegian record )
• 2 miles : 8:22:31, May 25, 2018, Eugene
• 5,000 m : 13:15, 38 min, July 20, 2019, Heusden-Zolder
• 3,000 m obstacle : 8: 52.56 min, 23 August 2009, Vaasa
• 10 km : 28:41 min, October 20, 2018, Hole

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Top favorites do not stumble; Scrap strong eighth , HDsports.at, August 7, 2012

Web links

Commons : Henrik Ingebrigtsen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Henrik Ingebrigtsen in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Henrik Ingebrigtsen in the database of European Athletics (English)