Tonje Angelsen

Tonje Angelsen
Angelsen after winning the silver medal at the 2012 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)
Trondheim, Norway
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Norway
ClubTrondheim Friidrett
Now coachingby Roger Hollup
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump (outdoor): 1.97 m
High jump (indoor): 1.93 m
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Helsinki High jump

Tonje Angelsen (born 17 January 1990) is a Norwegian high jumper. Angelsen was considered a promising high jumper when she set a Norwegian age record at 1.82 m 16 years old (2006). Her career stalled somewhat because of injury until 2009. In 2010 and 2011 she qualified to several international championships but did not make it to the finals. In January 2012 she managed a personal best of 1.93 m indoors. At meeting in Oslo on 24 May she jumped to a new personal best outdoors of 1.95 m which was also the qualifying height for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

On 28 June 2012 she won a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki by jumping a height of 1.97 m, a new personal best.