Gustav Iden (born 1 May 1996) is a professional Norwegian
triathlete
A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between the d ...
. He is a 2022 Ironman World champion and he is a two-time winner of the
Ironman 70.3 World Championship, winning in 2019 and 2021. At the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in Tokyo, Japan, Iden placed 8th in the
men's triathlon.
In 2018, he was part of a world-first Norwegian 1-2-3 with
Casper Stornes and
Kristian Blummenfelt
Kristian Blummenfelt (born 14 February 1994) is a Norwegian triathlete and Olympic and World Champion Gold medalist, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the gold m ...
finishing ahead of him in first and second place respectively at
WTS Bermuda.
Iden's achievements in the Norwegian championships include national titles in both triathlon and duathlon from 2014.
Personal life
Iden was born in
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
on 1 May 1996.
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bergen
Norwegian male triathletes
Norwegian male long-distance runners
Triathletes at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Norway
Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic triathletes of Norway
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