Håvard_Bentdal_Ingvaldsen

Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen

Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen

Norwegian sprinter (born 2002)

Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen (born 21 September 2002) is a Norwegian track and field athlete. He has been the national champion of Norway over 200m and 400m. In 2023, he became the European U23 champion over 400 metres and took the Norwegian national 400m record from Karsten Warholm.[2]

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Career

At the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, he ran a new personal best time of 46.70 seconds in the final of the 400 metres to win a bronze medal. Later that summer, still aged 18 years-old, he recorded a national U20 record time of 45.95s as he won the 400m Norwegian Championships. He also ran the 400 meters during the 2022 European Athletics Championships in August 2022, in Munich but overall his 2022 season was hampered by injuries.[3][4]

2023

On 15 June 2023, he set a new personal best time of 44.86s for the 400m at the Diamond League event in Oslo. This also took the national record from Karsten Warholm.[5][6] Ingvaldsen won gold at the 2023 European Team Championships in Chorzow in June 2023. He ran 44.88s which was a championship record for the European Team Championships format.[7][8]

Competing at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland, he won the gold medal in the 400m.[9]

Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he lowered his national record in the 400 metres to 44.39 to qualify for the semi final. He finished sixth overall in the final.[10]

Achievements

Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

International competitions

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National titles

See also

References

  1. [1]
    L. Hellem-Hansen, Viktoria; Bakkerud Larsen, Anders (16 June 2023). "Håvard (20) broke the Norwegian record for 400 meters flat: - It was so big". NRK. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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    "Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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    "The bigger the stage the better for Norway's newest one lap talent Ingvaldsen". European-Athletics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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    "Ingvaldsen out of the EC despite best of the year: - Annoying!". Nettavisen. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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    "Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen beat Karsten Warholm's time - a new Norwegian record". nettavisen.no. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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    "The new Norwegian skating star Håvard Ingvaldsen flashed his fitness again - 36-year-old GDR record soon in the history books?". Etusuora.com. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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    "Italy wins European Team Championships as competition records fall in Silesia". World Athletics. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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    "INGVALDSEN SET A NEW CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD IN THE 400 METERS - NORWAY IS STRUGGLING IN THE TEAM EC". vg.no. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  9. [9]
    Goss, Symone (14 July 2023). "Yemi Mary John and Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen win gold; bronze for Keely Hodgkinson in Espoo". World-Track. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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