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Scandinavian countries have produced hundreds of great athletes in dozens of sports. It is logical that most of those famous athletes left their mark in the snow. And yet Norway, Denmark and Sweden have also produced many Olympic medalists and World/European Track and Field Champions.
So we have prepared the overview of three Nordic athletes.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Born in 2000 in Sandnes, near Stavanger, Norway, Ingebrigtsen showed his immense talent as a child and began winning medals in major events as a teenager. In 2017, he became a double champion at the European Under-20 Championship held in Grosseto, winning gold medals in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m race.
In 2018, he started his streak of medals in the regular championships. Since then, he has won three European Championship titles in the 1500m and 5000m respectively.
A world champion in the 5000m in Eugene (2022) and Budapest (2023), Jakob saw the peak of his modern career at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he won gold in the 1500m and the 2024 Paris Olympics. , in which he first crossed the finish line of 5000m.
However, he finished second to Jared Nugus at the Diamond League event in Zurich in early September. As we approach the final event of the Wanda Diamond League in Brussels in 2024, it will be interesting to see the final standings of the Diamond League over 1500m.
While Jacob’s first place is not in jeopardy, there is a real logjam behind him as five runners are within four points. The odds provided by the most reputable Norwegian betting platforms speak in favor of Timothée Cheruiot, but Nuguse’s recent success speaks for itself (source: https://www.techopedia.com/no/gambling/bettingsider).
And in 5000 m, Ingebrigtsen currently ranks 9th, 11 points behind leader Yomif Kejelcha. While he can’t claim any of the top three positions, his odds of finishing in the 6th or 7th position are pretty good.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (River)
Armand Duplantis
After Sergey Bubka set the indoor world record of 6.15m in 1993 and 6.14m in 1994, it took 20 years for his fellow pole vaulters to surpass his feat. When Renaud Lavillenie jumped over 6.16 meters in 2014, we saw the beginning of a new era in athletics.
In 2020, Armand Duplantis jumped 6.17m to break Lavillenie’s record for the first time at an event in Poland, but broke his own record a few days later in Scotland.
Between 2020 and September 2024, Duplantis has been breaking his own world records year after year, having jumped 6.25m at the Paris Olympics a month ago, setting a brand new world record and winning back-to-back Olympic golds (he was the winner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics too).
What if we find out that Armand Duplantis, who also goes by a nickname? worldborn in 1999, this is just the beginning of a consecutive record-breaking career. In An interview after the Paris OlympicsHe said he was ready to hit the 6.30m mark. The odds given by track and field analysts to reach this goal in 2025 are quite good.
Meanwhile, he ran a special 100 m sprint against Carsten Warholm in Zurich and won the race (10.37 s).
Mondo Duplantis and Karsten Warholm (Getty)
Karsten Warholm
Another notable Scandinavian athlete, Karsten Warholm is one of the best 400m hurdlers in the history of the event. Born in 1996 in Ulsteinvik, Warholm is a three-time World Championship winner (London 2017, Doha 2019 and Budapest 2023) and a three-time European winner (Berlin 2018, Munich 2022 and Rome 2024).
The highlight of his career so far has been the gold medal he ran for at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Warholm won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics this year.
And in? impressive race against Duplantis at the Zurich World Seriesabove, he ran the 100m in 10.47 seconds, which is good even for a 100m sprinter, let alone a 400m hurdler.
Already a legend in athletics and the 400m hurdles, we have yet to see how he will fare against the new generation of hurdlers.
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