Sondre Nordstad Moen (born 12 January 1991) is a

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long-distance runner. He set a European record in marathon in 2017 when winning the

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, a record he held for ten months. He has also held European records in 25,000 metres, and in

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Personal life

Nordstad Moen was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

on 12 January 1991.

Career

Moen qualified to compete at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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, where he finished 19th in the

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with a time of 2:14:17. After the Olympic Games in Rio, he asked the Italian Coach Renato Canova to follow his training, and the collaboration produced big improvement: European Marathon Record in Fukuoka (2:05:48 in 2017), Nordic Records in 10000m (27:24.79 in Kristiansand in 2019) and in Half Marathon (59:47 in 2017). His achievements include victory at the

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in 2010, and a gold medal in

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at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Moen holds multiple Norwegian records, including the

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and the

. On 2 December 2017, Moen won the

in a time of 2:05:48. He was the first European ever to complete a marathon in less than 2:06. In 2018, he competed in the men's marathon at the

2018 European Athletics Championships The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom. For the second Championships in a ...

held in Berlin, Germany. He did not finish his race. As of October 2021, he is the fourth fastest European ever over the distance behind

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and

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During the Impossible Games at Bislett in June 2020, Moen set a European record on 25,000 metre with time 1:12:46.5. In August 2020 he set a European record in

, running 21,131, and beating

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' 44 years old record. He held this European record only for one month, when

set a new world record in September the same year with 21,330 meter.

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