Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (born 14 June 1990)
is a Norwegian
middle-,
long-distance
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and
steeplechase runner. She won bronze medals for the
10,000 metres
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at the
2016 European Championships, and in the
3000 m steeplechase at the
2018 European Championships. Grøvdal earned nine individual medals at the
European Cross Country Championships
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, an unsurpassed record by a female athlete in the meet history.
In 2007, she won the bronze medal in the
2000 m steeplechase at the
World Youth Championships and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the
European Junior Championships. At the
2009 European Junior Championships, she won gold for two events:
5000 m and 3000 m steeplechase. Grøvdal represented Norway at the
2012 London,
2016 Rio and
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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as well as at nine
World Athletics Championships
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. She holds four
Norwegian records (
One mile, indoor
3000 m, 5000 m, 3000 m steeplechase) plus two bests (
2000 m, 2000 m steeplechase). She won 17 national titles.
Career
Karoline Grøvdal gained her first international experience as a 16-year-old in June 2006, winning
3000 m steeplechase race at the
European Cup Second League held in
Banská Bystrica
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, Slovakia. In August that year, she placed fifth in the event at the
World Under-20 Championships, and in December, she capped her season with the silver medal for the U20 race at the
European Cross Country Championships
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.
In June 2007, still 16, Grøvdal broke Norwegian senior records in the 3000 m steeplechase in
Neerpelt
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Effective 1 January 2019, ...
, Belgium with a time of 9:33.19. The following month, she finished third in the
2000 m steeplechase at the
World U18 Championships, and won the 3000 m steeplechase event at the
European U20 Championships, breaking the European under-20 record.
In 2009, after she won three gold medals altogether at the European
Junior
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and
Cross Country Championships (U20 race), she was voted
European Athletics
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Female Rising Star of the Year.
Injuries and illness characterized the start of Grøvdal's senior career. She started to achieve better results from 2015.
At senior level, she won the bronze medal at the
2015 European Cross Country Championships
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The 2014 runner-up Ali Kaya (athlete), Ali Kaya took the men's senior title, ret ...
, bronze in
10,000 metres
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at the
2016 European Athletics Championships
The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event.
Due to 2016 being an Olympic year, there was no racewalking and the marathon compet ...
, bronze medals at
2016
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,
2017
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,
2018
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European Cross Country Championships
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, bronze in the 3000 m steeplechase at the
2018 European Athletics Championships
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For the second Championships in a ...
, silver at the
2019 European Cross Country Championships, and eventually a gold at the
2021 European Cross Country Championships.
She defended her European cross country title in
2022
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.
Grøvdal competed at the
2012 London,
2016 Rio and
2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
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.
During 2021 Grøvdal improved her personal record at several distances, including
1500
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, 5000 and 10,000 metres. Participating in a
Diamond League
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event in
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in September, she set her personal record at the 5000 metres in a time of 14:43.26. She beat that mark on the
Diamond circuit at the home
Bislett Games
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History
The first international athletics meeting at Bislet ...
in
Oslo
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the following year, breaking
Ingrid Kristiansen
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’s almost 36-year-old Norwegian record by six seconds with a time of 14:31.07.
International competitions
Personal bests
*
1500 metres
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– 4:03.07 (
Stockholm
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2021)
*
One mile – 4:26.23 (
Oslo
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2016)
*
2000 metres – 5:41.04 (
Florø
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2018)
*
3000 metres
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– 8:33.47 (
Paris
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2021)
** 3000 metres indoor – 8:44.68 (
Bærum
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2019)
*
5000 metres
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– 14:31.07 (
Oslo
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2022)
*
10,000 metres
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– 30:50.84 (
Oslo
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2021)
*
2000 metres steeplechase – 6:21.39 (
Stavanger
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2008)
*
3000 metres steeplechase
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– 9:13.35 (
Sandnes
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2017)
;Road
*
5 km – 15:00 (
Zürich
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2021)
*
10 km – 30:32 (
Hole
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2020)
*
Half marathon
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– 1:08:07 (
New York, NY
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2022)
References
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Norwegian female steeplechase runners
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ålesund
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Norway
World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway
European Athletics Championships medalists
Norwegian female cross country runners
European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners
Norwegian Athletics Championships winners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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