Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who competes mainly in the

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. He represented

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at the

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and

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. His younger brothers, Filip Ingebrigtsen and

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic ...

, are also middle-distance runners, the latter of which won the 1500m gold at the 2020 games.

Athletic career

Ingebrigtsen first broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 meters at the age of 19. He won the gold medal at the

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in Helsinki at the 1500 metres event. He followed it by finishing 5th at the

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in London with a new national record of 3:35.43. Ingebrigtsen further improved the national record to 3:33.95 at the

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meet held in

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on August 29, 2013. In May 2018, he won the men's 5000 metres at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a PB 13:16.97, winning by only 0.005 seconds. He had run the last 400 metres of the race in 56.27 seconds. On June 13, 2019, he set a new Norwegian record for 3000 metres, running 7:36.85 at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway.

International competitions

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingebrigtsen, Henrik 1991 births Living people People from Sandnes Norwegian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Norway Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway European Athletics Championships medalists Ingebrigtsen family Norwegian Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Rogaland