Karsten Warholm (; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian sprinter who competes in the

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and

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. He’s the world record holder in the latter event. In July 2021, he broke the 29-year-old world record in

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. The following month at the

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, he won the gold medal in the

with a time of 45.94 seconds, breaking his own world record by over three-quarters of a second. Warholm has also won gold in the event at the World Championships in

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and

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, as well as the 2018 European Championships. He is a two-time 400m hurdles

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champion. In 2021, he was voted

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Male Athlete of the Year.

Career

Early career

In March 2013, Warholm won eight gold medals in the Norwegian Youth Indoors Championships.Malin Kjellstadli Korsnes and Tore Ellingseter (10 March 2013)
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, retrieved 17 July 2013 In June at the 2013

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, he competed in the 200 m. He finished seventh in his heat with a time of 22.25 s.

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won a different heat at the same meet with a time of 19.79 s. At the 2013 World Youth Championships in July, he won gold in the boys' octathlon with 6451 points, a personal best.Kristian Stenerud and Jarle Mordal(11 July 2013)
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as well as in specialised events. At the time, his possible future specialization were the

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and

. His weakest performances in the decathlon were in the throwing events. In June 2014, Warholm set a Norwegian junior record in the 400 m with a time of 46.31 s. In July 2015, he won silver in the 400 m at the 2015 European Junior Championships with a time of 46.50 s, 0.02 s behind Benjamin Lobo Vedel. He also won silver in the decathlon with 7764 points, a personal best. In July 2016, while participating in the semi-final of the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 European Championships, he broke the Norwegian national record with a time of 48.84 s. He then finished sixth in the final, with a time of 49.82 s. In August, he made it to the semi-finals in the 400 m hurdles at the

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World champion title

In July 2017, he won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 European U23 Championships, setting a championship record of 48.37 s. He also won silver in the 400 m with a time of 45.75 s. In August, he won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 World Championships with a time of 48.35 s. Two weeks after his success at the World Championships, he improved upon his own Norwegian record in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 48.22 s at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. Karsten Warholm 2018 European Athletics Championships Day 4 (34) (cropped)

Karsten Warholm 2018 European Athletics Championships Day 4 (34) (cropped)

At the 2018 European Championships Warholm won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles event with a time of 47.64 s, setting his new personal best and the new European U23 record. In March, Warholm won gold in the 400 m at the

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. His time of 45.05 s equalled the European record set by

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in 1988. In June, at the Oslo Bislett Games he broke the European men's 400 m hurdles record with a time of 47.33. At the Müller Anniversary Games in July, Warholm improved on his 400 m hurdles time, taking it to 47.12 s. At Weltklasse Zurich in August, Warholm set a new European record in the 400 m hurdles, with a time of 46.92, making him the third person to run under 47 seconds for the distance. He was chased to the finish line by

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, who became the fourth person to break 47 seconds, with a time of 46.98. At the

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, he won the 400 m hurdles in a time of 47.42 seconds, retaining his championship from 2017. On 11 June, Warholm competed in the Impossible Games in

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). He ran the 300 metres hurdles with a

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time of 33.78, besting Chris Rawlinson's time of 34.48 set in 2002. He also ran 400 m indoors with a time of 45.97. On 23 August in Stockholm, Warholm ran a personal best of 46.87, narrowly missing Kevin Young's world record of 46.78. With this performance, Warholm became the first person to break 47 seconds twice.

World records and Olympic title

On 1 July 2021, in his first race of the season at

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, Warholm broke Kevin Young's 1992 world record with a time of 46.70 s. Warholm later broke his own record by 0.76 seconds in the

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, winning gold in a new world record of 45.94 s, an enormous 1.63% improvement on the previous record – the previous improvement of that magnitude was either

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's 0.82 s improvement to 48.12 s in 1968 (1.68%, using

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), or Glenn Davis's 0.9 s improvement to 49.5 s in 1956 (1.79%, by official records including hand timing by the rules in place at the time). Warholm became the first European to win the event since Volker Beck in

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. Warholm's time, the first sub-46 s time for the 400m hurdles, was faster than 18 runners in the men's 400m without hurdles. The silver medalist in the final,

, also beat the old record, with a time of 46.17 s; the bronze medalist, Alison dos Santos, was 0.02 seconds short of the old world record with a time of 46.72 s, but joined the other two in bettering the old Olympic record of 46.78 s. Warholm broke the old record without using the new "super spikes" worn by many of his competitors; Warholm has criticized those spikes as "bullshit".

Career statistics

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Personal bests

International championship results

Circuit wins and titles

champion 400 m hurdles (2):

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. ::(400 m hurdles wins, other events specified in parenthesis) :*

(2):

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, Stockholm (400 m & 400 m hurdles),

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(3): Oslo, Monaco, Zürich

Personal life

Warholm was born in the town of Ulsteinvik on Norway's western coast. Warholm is in a relationship with girlfriend Oda Djupvik. He enjoys fishing, cars, and building Lego.

References

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Warholm, Karsten 1996 births Living people People from Ulstein Norwegian decathletes Norwegian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners European Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Diamond League winners Norwegian Athletics Championships winners Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners European Athlete of the Year winners European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Norway Sportspeople from Møre og Romsdal World Athletics record holders