Karsten Warholm (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈkɑʂtɛn ˈvɑ:rhɔ̂ɫm]; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 m hurdles. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, silver medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, three-time world champion and world record holder in the latter event.
Warholm has won gold for the 400 m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2023, as well as the 2018, 2022, and 2024 European Athletics Championships. He is the first athlete ever to win three 400 m hurdles events at the World Championships.[4] Warholm is a two-time Diamond League 400 m hurdles champion. In 2021, he was voted World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year.
In July 2021, Warholm broke the 29-year-old world record in 400 m hurdles. The following month at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 45.94 seconds, breaking his own world record by over three-quarters of a second.[5]
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