Ida Marcussen (born 1 November 1987 in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...
) is a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
heptathlete
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
. She represents
IK Våg, having changed clubs from
Kristiansands IF
Kristiansands Idrettsforening is a Norwegian sports club from Kristiansand, founded in 1921. It has sections for athletics and handball.
The athletics team uses the stadium Kristiansand Stadion.
Its most prominent member is Andreas Thorkildse ...
in 2006.
As a junior athlete she finished sixth at the
2005 European Junior Championships and won a silver medal at the
2006 World Junior Championships in
Beijing
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. Her score of 6020 points from Beijing was only 65 points away from being a new Norwegian record.
In 2007 she entered her first senior championships at the
2007 World Championships in
Osaka
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. After day one she was situated near the bottom of the results list; however, a strong performance during the second day saw her climb to eleventh place. She scored 6226 points, demolishing the Norwegian record in the event.
In 2008 she opened the season by setting a Norwegian indoor record in the
pentathlon, with 4214 points. She competed at the international combined event meets in
Götzis
Götzis is a town in the western Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The Alpine Rhine valley municipality belongs to the district of Feldkirch.
Population
Events
The town is well known for its annual hypo-combined events meeting, the so-called Hyp ...
and
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...
, setting new personal bests in the shot put, javelin and 800 metres. In August she entered the
2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She started well, managing new personal best marks in the first two events, the 100 metres hurdles and the high jump. However, the rest of the competition was sub-par. In the end, she finished in twenty-first place after a decent 800 metres.
Her trainer is Lukas Udelhoven.
Personal bests
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200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
- 24.57 s (
Fana
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2006)
*
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...
- 2:09.74 min (Ratingen 2013)
*
100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...
- 13.96 s (Daegu 2011)
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High jump - 1.75 m (Font Romeu 2010)
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Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...
- 6.47 m (Osaka 2007) - third on the Norwegian all-time list
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Shot put - 13.96 m (Götzis 2008)
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Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...
- 52.95 m (Götzis 2008) - second on the Norwegian all-time list
Norwegian all-time list, women's javelin throw
* Heptathlon - 6226 pts (Osaka 2007) - Norwegian record.
* Pentathlon - 4316 pts (Gothenburg 2012)
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Norwegian heptathletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Norway
Sportspeople from Kristiansand
World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade silver medalists for Norway
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade