Filip Ingebrigtsen

Filip Ingebrigtsen
Ingebrigtsen in 2014
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)[1]
Sandnes, Norway
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)1500 metres, mile
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m: 3:30.01[2]
Mile: 3:49.60[2]
5000 m: 13:11.75[2]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 1500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Amsterdam 1500 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tilburg Senior Men

Filip Mangen Ingebrigtsen (born 20 April 1993) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who represents Sandnes Idrettslag. In 2016, Ingebrigtsen became European Champion at 1500 meters during the European Championships in Amsterdam, and took bronze over the same distance at the World Championships in 2017 in London. He previously held the Norwegian 1500m record with the time 3:30.01, set at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on 20 July 2018. At the 2019 London Diamond League Ingebrigtsen finished second to Samuel Tefera in the mile. With a time of 3:49.60 Ingebrigtsen ran a national record and new personal best.

Ingebrigtsen was born in Sandnes. His older brother Henrik Ingebrigtsen and younger brother Jakob Ingebrigtsen (born 2000) are also middle-distance runners and European champions at 1500 meters. They were trained by their dad Gjert Ingebrigtsen.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Filip Ingebrigtsen". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c IAAF. "Filip INGEBRIGTSEN - Athlete Profile".
  3. ^ Thomas Brakstad (16 March 2016) Familien vinnervilje NRK
  4. ^ "Meninger: Jakob, Henrik og Filip Ingebrigtsen om bruddet med Gjert Ingebrigtsen: Dette er vår historie". VG (in Norwegian). 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-06-13.