Ingebrigtsen in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 February 1991 Sandnes, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regional finals | 1st at the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500 m: 3:31.46 Mile: 3:50.72 3000 m: 7:36.85 2-Mile: 8:22.31 5000 m: 13:15.38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 28 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. A member of the Ingebrigtsen family, his younger brothers, Filip and Jakob, are also middle-distance runners.
Athletic career
Ingebrigtsen first broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 meters at the age of 19. He won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki at the 1500 metres event. He followed it by finishing 5th at the Olympic Games in London with a new national record of 3:35.43. Ingebrigtsen further improved the national record to 3:33.95 at the Diamond League meet held in Zürich on 29 August 2013.
In May 2018, he won the men's 5000 metres at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a PB 13:16.97, winning by only 0.005 seconds. He had run the last 400 metres of the race in 56.27 seconds.
On 13 June 2019, he set a new Norwegian record for 3000 metres, running 7:36.85 at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway.
Personal life
In October 2023, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a statement accusing their father and former coach Gjert of "aggression, control, and physical violence", also saying that he "took the joy out of the sport they once loved". Gjert stopped coaching his sons in 2022, and was not accredited as their coach at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Gjert would later be charged with seven counts of domestic abuse under Norwegian law in 2024, with a trial set for 2025.
Ingebrigtsen and his brothers were the focus of several television programs, including Team Ingebrigtsen (2016-2021), and Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run (2024).
Music career
In late July 2024, with the goal of getting Norwegians excited and confident in their athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a pop song known as Ingen gjør det bedre (Nobody Does It Better). They released this under the handle The IngebritZ. In addition to featuring views of Norwegian fjords and mountains, along with archival footage of Norwegian athletes, the piece's original footage was filmed in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
International competitions
References
- ^ a b c d e "Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN - Athlete Profile". IAAF.
- ^ European Athletics (author name unknown) (29 July 2014). "Record breaker Ingebrigtsen turns his gaze towards Europeans".
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b AthleticLIVE (3 May 2018). "Men 5000 Meter Run Section 1 - Payton Jordan Invitational". Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (19 October 2023). "Ingebrigtsen brothers speak out against their father and former coach". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
- ^ "Gjert Ingebrigtsen To Stand Trial For Alleged Abuse In 2025". CITIUS MAG. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ Team Ingebrigtsen (Biography, Reality-TV), Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), 17 March 2016, retrieved 29 November 2024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Ingebrigtsen - Born to Run (Documentary), Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Liva Ingebrigtsen, Astrid Mangen Ingebrigtsen, Salto Film og Fjernsyn, 20 September 2024, retrieved 29 November 2024
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ LetsRun.com (25 July 2024). "Ingebrigtsen Brothers Release Single & Music Video To Get Norway Pumped For The Olympics". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympic Track Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen Weirdly Just Dropped the Song of the Summer". Runner's World. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at World Athletics
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at European Athletics
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Diamond League
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Olympics.com
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Olympedia
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen on Instagram
- "Henrik Ingebrigtsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.