Mikkel Dahl-Jessen

Mikkel Dahl-Jessen
nation	Denmark
birthday	20th December 1994 (age 25)
Career
discipline	Middle distance running , long distance running
status	active
last change: April 6, 2020

Mikkel Dahl-Jessen (born December 20, 1994 ) is a Danish middle and long distance runner .

Athletic career

Mikkel Dahl-Jessen gained his first international experience at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala , where he finished 102nd after 33:14 minutes. He then took part in the 1500-meter run at the Summer Universiade in Taipei , but retired there with 3: 51.20 minutes in the first round. In 2019, he finished 104th at the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus after 36:06 minutes and then reached eighth place at the Student World Games in Naples in 3: 55.61 minutes.

In 2019 Dahl-Jessen became Danish champion in the 5000 meter run and in 2020 indoor champion over 3000 meters.

Personal bests

• 1500 meters: 3: 41.32 min, 23 August 2019 in Brussels
  • 1500 meters (hall): 3: 45.84 s, February 9, 2020 in Helsinki
• Mile: 4: 03.20 min, August 21, 2019 in Dublin
  • Mile (hall): 4: 22.49 min, January 31, 2015 in Huntington
• 3000 meters: 8: 03.95 min, August 11, 2019 in Varaždin
  • 3000 meters (hall): 7: 58.99 min, February 11, 2020 in Odense
• 5000 meters: 14: 00.39 min, August 30, 2019 in Odense

Web links

• Mikkel Dahl-Jessen in the database of World Athletics (English)