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Karsten Warholm

Warholm at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul
Personal information
Born	(1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 29) Ulsteinvik, Møre og Romsdal
Height	1.87 m
Weight	78 kg
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hurdling, sprinting
Club	Dimna IL
Coached by	Leif Olav Alnes
Achievements and titles
World finals	2017 London 400 m hurdles, 1 Gold 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles, 1 Gold 2023 Budapest 400 m hurdles, 1 Gold
Olympic finals	2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m hurdles, 10th (sf) 2020 Tokyo 400 m hurdles, 1 Gold 2024 Paris 400 m hurdles, 2 Silver
Highest world ranking	1st (400 m hurdles, 2023)
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.47 (Zurich 2024) 400 m hurdles: 45.94 OR WR (Tokyo 2021) 300 m hurdles: 32.67 WR (Oslo 2025) 400 m: 44.87 (Florø 2017) Indoors 400 m: 45.05i =AR (Glasgow 2019)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Norway Olympic Games Gold 2020 Tokyo 400 m hurdles Silver 2024 Paris 400 m hurdles World Championships Gold 2017 London 400 m hurdles Gold 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles Gold 2023 Budapest 400 m hurdles World Indoor Championships Silver 2024 Glasgow 400 metres Diamond League 2019 400 m hurdles 2021 400 m hurdles European Championships Gold 2018 Berlin 400 m hurdles Gold 2022 Munich 400 m hurdles Gold 2024 Rome 400 m hurdles European Indoor Championships Gold 2019 Glasgow 400 m Gold 2023 Istanbul 400 m European U23 Championships Gold 2017 Bydgoszcz 400 m hurdles Silver 2017 Bydgoszcz 400 m European Junior Championships Silver 2015 Eskilstuna 400 m Silver 2015 Eskilstuna Decathlon World Youth Championships Gold 2013 Donetsk Octathlon Representing Europe Continental Cup Bronze 2018 Ostrava 400 m hurdles

Karsten Warholm (born February 28, 1996) is a famous Norwegian sprinter. He is best known for competing in the 400 metres and 400-meter hurdles races. Karsten is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion, and holds the world record in the 400-meter hurdles.

He won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in 2017, 2019, and 2023. He also won gold at the European Athletics Championships in 2018, 2022, and 2024. Karsten is the first athlete ever to win three 400-meter hurdles titles at the World Championships. He has also won the Diamond League 400-meter hurdles title twice. In 2021, he was named the World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year.

In July 2021, Karsten broke a 29-year-old world record in the 400-meter hurdles. The next month, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won the gold medal. He set a new world record of 45.94 seconds, beating his own record by a lot! At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same event.

Karsten's Athletics Journey

Starting Out in Sports

In March 2013, Karsten Warholm showed his talent by winning eight gold medals. This happened at the Norwegian Youth Indoors Championships. Later that year, in July, he won a gold medal at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. He competed in the boys' octathlon, which is a competition with eight different events.

In 2014, Karsten tried out the decathlon, a competition with ten events. He was also good at events like the long jump, hurdling, and 400 metres. He set a new Norwegian junior record for the 400 meters with a time of 46.31 seconds.

In July 2015, he won two silver medals at the 2015 European Athletics Junior Championships. He got silver in the 400 meters and also in the decathlon.

Breaking National Records

In July 2016, Karsten broke the Norwegian national record in the 400-meter hurdles. He ran it in 48.84 seconds at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. He then finished sixth in the final. In August, he reached the semi-finals of the 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Becoming a World Champion

In July 2017, Karsten won gold in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships. He set a new championship record of 48.37 seconds. He also won a silver medal in the 400 meters.

Warholm running hurdles at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin.

In August 2017, he won his first gold medal at the 2017 IAAF World Championships in the 400-meter hurdles. His time was 48.35 seconds. Just two weeks later, he improved his Norwegian record to 48.22 seconds.

At the 2018 European Athletics Championships, Karsten won another gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles. He set a new personal best and a European U23 record with a time of 47.64 seconds.

In March 2019, Karsten won gold in the 400 meters at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships. His time of 45.05 seconds matched the European record. In June, he broke the European men's 400-meter hurdles record at the Bislett Games in Oslo, running 47.33 seconds. He kept improving, running 47.12 seconds in July and then 46.92 seconds in August. This made him only the third person ever to run under 47 seconds for the distance. At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, he won the 400-meter hurdles again, keeping his title from 2017.

On June 11, 2020, Karsten set a world best time of 33.78 seconds in the 300 metres hurdles at the Impossible Games in Oslo. In August, he ran a personal best of 46.87 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. This made him the first person to run under 47 seconds twice.

World Records and Olympic Gold

On July 1, 2021, Karsten Warholm broke the world record in the 400-meter hurdles. He ran 46.70 seconds at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo. This record had stood since 1992!

Warholm at the Bislett Games in Oslo in 2017.

He then broke his own record by a huge amount at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles with an amazing time of 45.94 seconds. This was the first time anyone had run the 400-meter hurdles in under 46 seconds! The silver medalist, Rai Benjamin, and the bronze medalist, Alison dos Santos, also ran incredibly fast, beating the old Olympic record.

"Karsten vs. Mondo"

On September 4, 2024, Karsten Warholm had a fun exhibition race. He competed in a 100-meter sprint against Mondo Duplantis, who is a world record holder in pole vault. Mondo won the race with a time of 10.37 seconds. Karsten finished just a bit behind him at 10.47 seconds, which was also his personal best time for the 100 meters.

Career Highlights

Karsten Warholm on his way to winning gold at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.

Karsten Warholm has achieved many great things in his career. Here are some of his best performances and wins:

Personal Best Times

Major Championship Results

Representing  Norwayand Europe (Continental Cup only)

Circuit Wins and Titles

Warholm winning the 400 meters at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

• Diamond League Champion in 400-meter hurdles: 2019 and 2021.
• He has won many races in the Diamond League series, which are top-level athletics meetings.
• He also has wins in the World Athletics Continental Tour.

National Titles

Karsten has won many national championships in Norway:

• Norwegian Championships (15 titles)
  • 110 m hurdles: 2013, 2014
  • 400 m: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • 400 m hurdles: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
• Norwegian Indoor Championships (11 titles)
  • 60 m hurdles: 2014, 2015
  • 200 m: 2015, 2016, 2017
  • 400 m: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Long jump: 2016

About Karsten's Life

Karsten Warholm was born in Ulsteinvik, a town on the western coast of Norway. He is in a relationship with Oda Djupvik. When he's not training or competing, Karsten enjoys fishing, cars, and building with Lego.

See also

In Spanish: Karsten Warholm para niños