Narve Gilje Nordås (born 30 September 1998) is a Norwegian athlete competing in middle-distance and

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events.

Career

Nordås' achievements include a victory in 5,000 metres and a silver medal in 10,000 metres at the 2020 Norwegian Athletics Championships. He placed fifth in

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

at the

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. He qualified in men's 5000 m, and was selected to represent Norway at the

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in Tokyo in 2021. Competing in men's 5000 metres at the Olympics, he did not advance to the final. In September 2021 he became Norwegian champion on 5000 metres. Running 5000 metres on 15 July 2023 in a competition in

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, Belgium, he improved his personal record more than ten seconds to 13:05.38, thereby qualifying for this distance in the

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to be held in August. He represents the club

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, and is coached by

Gjert Ingebrigtsen Gjert Arne Ingebrigtsen (born 1966) is a Norwegian sports coach. He was awarded the title ''Norwegian Sports Coach of the Year'' for 2018. Career Ingebrigtsen was born in Båtsfjord and resides in Sandnes. He is married to Tone Eva Tønnessen; t ...

Personal bests

Outdoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:29.47 (

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2023) *

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– 3:56.62 (

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 ...

2020) *

– 7:41.31 (

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2021) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

– 13:05.38 (

2023) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

– 28:04.42 (

2022) Indoor *

– 3:41.81 (

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2023) *

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2021)

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* * * * * 1998 births Living people People from Klepp Norwegian male long-distance runners Norwegian Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Sportspeople from Rogaland 21st-century Norwegian people World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway World Athletics Championships medalists {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub