Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (born 19 September 2000) is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner. He holds world records in the short track 1500 metres, short track mile, 2000 metres, and 3000 metres, as well as the world best for two miles. Ingebrigtsen is a two-time Olympic champion, winning the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He also won consecutive 5000 metres titles at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, the 1500 metres and 3000 metres double at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and the 5000 metres at the inaugural 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championship. Ingebrigtsen is a seven-time European champion and seven-time European indoor champion. He completed the 1500 metres and 5000 metres double at three consecutive European Championships and the 1500 metres and 3000 metres double at three consecutive European Indoor Championships. He is also a three-time senior European cross country champion and four-time Diamond League Final winner. The youngest of the Ingebrigtsen brothers, Jakob has two older brothers, Henrik and Filip, who are also international middle-distance runners. All three were coached by their father, Gjert, until 2022. Ingebrigtsen achieved early success as a junior, becoming, at age 16, the youngest man at the time to run a sub-four minute mile. He also won four consecutive junior titles at the European Cross Country Championships, claimed the 5000 metres title at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships, and set a European under-20 record in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Ingebrigtsen has twice been named European Athlete of the Year and has also received the European Athletics Rising Star of the Year award. He has been nominated four times for the World Athletics Athlete of the Year award and once for the Laureus World Sports Breakthrough of the Year.

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