Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Jakob Ingebrigtsen was born in Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway on September 19th, 2000 and is the Runner. At the age of 24, Jakob Ingebrigtsen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 24 years old, Jakob Ingebrigtsen has this physical status:
On 27 May 2017, Ingebrigtsen became the youngest athlete in history 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, US.
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.
On 8 July, 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. It is the fastest mile run by a 17-year-old.
On 5 July 2019, he set a new personal best and a U20 European Record in the 1500m when he ran 3:30.16 in Lausanne.
On 20 July, he set a new National Record and U20 European Record at 5000 m (13:02.03 in London).
As of 6 October 2019 Jakob was ranked as the second best 1500 m runner in the world, only behind Timothy Cheruiyot.
Making his debut at the distance, he broke Sondre Nordstad Moen’s Norwegian 10 km record at the Hytteplanmila in Hole on 19 October 2019, with victory in 27:54. Not only was Jakob's time a national record, it was also the fastest time by a European in 2019 as well as being a European U20 10 km best.
On 10 June 2021 at the Diamond League in Florence, Italy, he set a new European record in the 5000 m with his time of 12:48.45, in a race where a half-dozen competitors bested a time of 12:55.
At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Ingebrigtsen set an Olympic and European record at 3 minutes 28.32 seconds to secure gold in the 1,500-meter final, after eclipsing the previous record of 3:31:65 held by the Kenyan Abel Kipsang. He became the second youngest winner in the event. On the final bend Ingebrigtsen overtook for the first time Timothy Cheruiyot, who won the silver medal.
On 17 February 2022, Ingebrigtsen set his first senior world record, clocking 3:30.60 for the indoor 1500 m at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin. He broke Samuel Tefera’s 3-year-old record by 0.44 seconds.
At about a month later at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Ingebrigtsen was beaten in the event by Tefera (3:32.77, CR), however, and placed second in a time of 3:33.02.
He won gold at the 5000 meters event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in a time of 13:09:24. He became the first male runner not born in Africa to win an Olympic or World Championships gold in the 5000 in 30 years, going back to Dieter Baumann in the 1992 Summer Olympics.