Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 13 January 1996) is an

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

ic middle-distance track athlete who specializes in the

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. She won the bronze medal in the event at the 2017 European Indoor Championships and a silver at the 2017 European Under-23 Championships. As a 16-year old, she placed fourth in the 800 m at the 2012 World U20 Championships before winning the event at the 2013 World U18 Championships and European U20 Championships. Hinriksdóttir is the Icelandic record holder for the 800 m and 1500 m outdoors and indoors and holds also three other individual national records. She won 13 Icelandic titles.

Biography

Aníta was born in

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, Iceland. On 14 July 2013, she won the 800 m at the

2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the eighth edition of the biennial international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes. The five-day competition took place between 10 and 14 July at the RSC Olimpiyskiy stadium in ...

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, Ukraine. On 20 July, she won the event at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Athletics held in

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, Italy. These achievements made her the first person to win gold medals at both the World Youth Championships and the European Junior Championships in athletics. She then represented

at the

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in the women's 800 m event. Aníta set another Icelandic national record with a time of 2:00.14 but just failed to qualify to the semifinals.

Personal life

Aníta is the

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long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

Martha Ernstdóttir who competed in the women's marathon at the

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Statistics

International competitions

Personal bests

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinriksdottir, Anita 1996 births Living people Anita Hinriksdottir Anita Hinriksdottir Anita Hinriksdottir Anita Hinriksdottir Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners Anita Hinriksdottir European Games competitors for Iceland Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games