Eivind Henriksen (born 14 September 1990) is a Norwegian athlete. He was born in

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. Henriksen won the silver medal at the

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in the

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event, and also qualified for and competed at the

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in London. Among other significant results, Henriksen placed sixth at the 2019 World Championships and fifth at the

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. His personal best (also the Norwegian record in the hammer throw) is 81.58 metres, set in 2021 at the

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in Tokyo.

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* * * * * Norwegian male hammer throwers 1990 births Living people Athletes from Oslo Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway Norwegian Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) 20th-century Norwegian people 21st-century Norwegian people European Athletics Championships medalists {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub