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Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Ingebrigtsen at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born	(2000-09-19) 19 September 2000 (age 24) Sandnes, Rogaland, Norway
Height	1.86 m
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth Asserson
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle-, long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st (1500m, 2023)
Personal best(s)	Outdoors 800 m: 1:46.44 (Oslo 2020) 1500 m: 3:26.73 AR (Monaco 2024) Mile: 3:43.73 AR (Eugene 2023) 2000 m: 4:43.13 WR (Brussels 2023) 3000 m: 7:17.55 WR (Chorzów 2024) 3000 m s'chase: 8:26.81 NU18B NU20R (Kortrijk 2017) 2 miles: 7:54.10 WB (Paris 2023) 5000 m: 12:48.45 NR (Florence 2021) Indoors 1500 m: 3:30.60i WR (Liévin 2022) 3000 m: 7:40.32i NR (Istanbul 2023) Road 10 km: 27:27+ NR (Copenhagen 2024) Half marathon: 1:03:13 (Copenhagen 2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Norway Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 0 0 World Championships 2 2 0 World Indoor Championships 0 1 0 Diamond League 4 0 0 European Championships 6 0 0 European Indoor Championships 5 1 0 World Junior Championships 0 1 1 European Junior Championships 2 0 0 European Cross Country Championships 8 1 0 Continental Cup 0 0 1 Olympic Games Gold 2020 Tokyo 1500 m Gold 2024 Paris 5000 m World Championships Gold 2022 Eugene 5000 m Gold 2023 Budapest 5000 m Silver 2022 Eugene 1500 m Silver 2023 Budapest 1500 m World Indoor Championships Silver 2022 Belgrade 1500 m Diamond League 2022 1500 m 2023 Mile 2023 3000 m 2024 1500 m European Championships Gold 2018 Berlin 1500 m Gold 2018 Berlin 5000 m Gold 2022 Munich 1500 m Gold 2022 Munich 5000 m Gold 2024 Rome 1500 m Gold 2024 Rome 5000 m European Indoor Championships Gold 2019 Glasgow 3000 m Gold 2021 Toruń 1500 m Gold 2021 Toruń 3000 m Gold 2023 Istanbul 1500 m Gold 2023 Istanbul 3000 m Silver 2019 Glasgow 1500 m World Junior Championships Silver 2018 Tampere 1500 m Bronze 2018 Tampere 5000 m European Junior Championships Gold 2017 Grosseto 5000 m Gold 2017 Grosseto 3000 m s’chase European Cross Country Championships Gold 2016 Chia Junior race Gold 2017 Šamorín Junior race Gold 2018 Tilburg Junior race Gold 2018 Tilburg Junior team Gold 2019 Lisbon Junior race Gold 2021 Dublin Senior Men Gold 2022 Turin Senior Men Gold 2024 Antalya Senior Men Silver 2019 Lisbon Junior team Representing Europe Continental Cup Bronze 2018 Ostrava 1500 m

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born September 19, 2000) is a famous Norwegian runner. He competes in middle-distance and long-distance races. Jakob holds several world records in running. These include the 1500 meters (indoors), 2000 meters, and 3000 meters. He also has the world's best time for the two-mile race.

Jakob is an amazing athlete with two Olympic gold medals. He won the 1500m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also won the 5000m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He is also a two-time World Champion in the 5000m. He won these titles in 2022 and 2023. Jakob has also won six European Championships gold medals.

When he was just 16, Jakob became the youngest man ever to run a mile in under 4 minutes. He also broke the European Under-20 record in the 3000 meters steeplechase. As a young runner, he won four gold medals in a row at the European Cross Country Championships. He also won gold in the 5000m at the 2017 European U20 Championships.

Jakob is part of the famous Ingebrigtsen family of runners. His older brothers, Henrik and Filip, are also top middle-distance runners. Their father, Gjert Ingebrigtsen, coached them until 2022.

What are Jakob Ingebrigtsen's Biggest Achievements?

Becoming a Young Star (2017-2019)

Ingebrigtsen at the Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium in 2017.

In 2017, at only 16 years old, Jakob made history. He ran a mile in less than 4 minutes. This happened at a Diamond League race in Eugene, USA. Later that year, he ran even faster, finishing a mile in 3:56.29 in Oslo, Norway.

He also set a new European Under-20 record in the 3000 meters steeplechase. This was his first time trying that race!

In 2018, when he was 17, Jakob ran a mile in 3:52.28. This was the fastest mile ever run by a 17-year-old at that time. He also won two gold medals at the European Championships in Berlin. He won both the 1500m and 5000m races.

In 2019, Jakob kept breaking records. He ran the 1500m in 3:30.16, a new personal best. He also set a new Norwegian record for the 5000m with a time of 13:02.03. Later that year, he broke the Norwegian 10km road race record. He finished in 27:54, which was the fastest by a European in 2019.

Breaking European and World Records (2020-2022)

In 2020, Jakob broke the European record for the 1500m. He ran it in an amazing 3:28.68 in Monaco. This beat the old record held by Mo Farah.

In 2021, Jakob set a new European record in the 5000m. He finished in 12:48.45 in Florence, Italy. This was a very fast race where many runners did well.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Jakob won his first Olympic gold medal. He won the 1500m final with a time of 3:28.32. This was a new Olympic and European record! He beat his rival, Timothy Cheruiyot, in the final stretch.

In 2022, Jakob set his first senior world record. He ran the indoor 1500m in 3:30.60 in Liévin, France. He broke the previous record by almost half a second.

Ingebrigtsen's (R) triumphant finish in the 5000 m final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene.

At the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, he won a silver medal in the 1500m. A month later, at the World Championships in Eugene, USA, he won a silver medal in the 1500m. But he came back to win gold in the 5000m! He was the first male runner not from Africa to win an Olympic or World Championships 5000m gold in 30 years.

More World Records and Olympic Gold (2023-2024)

In 2023, Jakob continued his winning streak. At the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, he won both the 1500m and 3000m races. He set a new championship record in the 1500m. He also broke the Norwegian record in the 3000m.

On June 9, 2023, Jakob set a new world best for the two-mile race. He ran it in 7:54.10 in Paris, France. This was much faster than the old record set in 1997. He became only the second person ever to run two miles in under eight minutes.

He kept improving his European record in the 1500m. He ran 3:27.95 in Oslo, then 3:27.14 in Silesia. This made him the fourth fastest man ever at that distance.

Ingebrigtsen and Kerr in the final curve of the 1500 m final

At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he won silver in the 1500m. But he won gold again in the 5000m! Less than two weeks later, he set a new world record in the 2000m. His time of 4:43.13 beat the record that had stood since 1999.

Jakob finished his 2023 season with wins in the mile and 3000m at the Diamond League final. He set a new European record in the mile, running 3:43.73. This was the third fastest mile ever!

In 2024, Jakob focused on preparing for the Paris Olympics. He won the 1500m and 5000m at the European Championships in Rome.

On July 12, 2024, he improved his European record in the 1500m again. He ran 3:26.73 in Monaco. This made him the fourth man in history to run under 3:27.

Ingebrigtsen leading the 1500 m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jakob finished fourth in the 1500m. However, he went on to win the gold medal in the 5000m race! With this win, he became only the third man in history to win Olympic gold in both the 1500m and 5000m events.

On August 25, 2024, Jakob set another world record. He ran the 3000m in an incredible 7:17.55 in Poland. This broke a record that had stood for almost 28 years! Many experts thought this record was one of the hardest to break.

Personal Life

Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brothers were featured in a Norwegian reality TV show called Team Ingebrigtsen. The show ran from 2016 to 2021 and showed their lives as runners. A new show, Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run, about their journey to the 2024 Olympics, started in September 2024.

Jakob's older brothers, Henrik and Filip, are also runners. Their father, Gjert, coached them for many years. However, he stopped coaching them in 2022.

In September 2023, Jakob married Elisabeth Asserson. Their daughter, Filippa, was born in June 2024.

Jakob has said he wants to break every record from the 1500m all the way up to the marathon. So far, he has broken world records in the 2000m and 3000m, and the world best for the two-mile race.

Music Career

In July 2024, Jakob and his brothers, Filip and Henrik, released a pop song. It's called Ingen gjør det bedre (Nobody Does It Better). They released it to get Norwegians excited about their athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics. They perform under the name The IngebritZ.

Achievements

Ingebrigtsen brothers (in white) lead the pack in the race (L-R): Henrik, Jakob and Filip.

Brothers celebrate after the race (L-R): Henrik (4th), Jakob (1st) and Filip (12th).

1500 m final at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin.

Ingebrigtsen at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha.

All information from World Athletics profile.

Personal Bests

Here are some of Jakob Ingebrigtsen's best times in different races:

See also

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