Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen
Personal information
Born (2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 24)[1]
Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
SpouseElisabeth Asserson
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (1500m, 2023)[2]
Personal bests
Half marathon: 1:03:13 (Copenhagen 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 2 2 0
World Indoor Championships 0 1 0
Diamond League 4 0 0
European Championships 6 0 0
European Indoor Championships 5 1 0
World Junior Championships 0 1 1
European Junior Championships 2 0 0
European Cross Country Championships 7 1 0
Continental Cup 0 0 1
Total 28 6 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 5000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Belgrade 1500 m
Diamond League
First place 2022 1500 m
First place 2023 Mile
First place 2023 3000 m
First place 2024 1500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 5000 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Toruń 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Toruń 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Istanbul 3000 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Glasgow 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tampere 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere 5000 m
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Grosseto 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Grosseto 3000 m s’chase
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Chia Junior race
Gold medal – first place 2017 Šamorín Junior race
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tilburg Junior race
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tilburg Junior team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lisbon Junior race
Gold medal – first place 2021 Dublin Senior Men
Gold medal – first place 2022 Turin Senior Men
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lisbon Junior team
Representing Europe Europe
Continental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ostrava 1500 m

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000)[3] is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner who is the current world record holder in the short track 1500 metres, the 2000 metres and the 3000 metres, and is also the current world best holder over the two mile distance. Ingebrigtsen is a two-time Olympic champion, having won gold medals in the 1500 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, setting what was then an Olympic and European record, and in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He is also a two-time World champion, winning gold medals in the 5000 m in 2022 and 2023 and a six-time European champion, winning gold medals in the 1500 m and 5000 m in 2018, 2022, and 2024. In addition to the 1500 m, Ingebrigtsen holds European records in the mile, 3000 m, and 5000 m.

At age 16, Ingebrigtsen became the youngest man in history to run a sub-four minute mile, and broke the European Under-20 record in the 3000 metres steeplechase. As a junior, Ingebrigtsen won four consecutive gold medals at the European Cross Country Championships and won a gold medal in the 5000 m at the 2017 European U20 Championships.

In senior competition, Ingebrigtsen became one of only three men (along with Daniel Komen and Mohamed Katir) to run a sub-3:30 1500 m, sub-7:30 3000 m and a sub-12:50 5000 m, one of only two men (along with Daniel Komen) to have broken eight minutes in the two mile distance, and one of only two men (along with Hicham El Guerrouj) to run a sub 3:27 1500 m and sub 3:44 mile.[4][5]

Ingebrigtsen's older brothers Henrik and Filip are also middle-distance runners who compete internationally. They were trained by their father, Gjert Ingebrigtsen, until 2022.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Jakob Ingebrigtsen". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "World Rankings | Men's 1500m (Mile-2000m-Road Mile)".
  3. ^ "Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "1500 Metres - men - senior - all".
  5. ^ "One Mile - men - senior - all". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference WA202212feature was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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