Sondre_Guttormsen
Sondre Guttormsen
Norwegian pole vaulter
Sondre Guttormsen (born 1 June 1999)[1] is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. Guttormsen earned bronze at the 2021 European Under-23 Championships.
_2020.png) Guttormsen in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Born | (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 24) Davis, California, United States |
| Relative | Simen Guttormsen (brother) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Norway |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Pole vault |
| College team | Princeton Tigers |
| Club | SK Vidar (2019–) Ski IL (–2018) |
He was the pole vault bronze medallist at the 2016 European U18 Championships. He is a three-time NCAA champion and a four-time Norwegian national champion.
Sondre Guttormsen was born the oldest of four children in Davis, California to Kristin and Atle Guttormsen. His father, a professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, was studying for an economics Ph.D. at UC Davis. The family then returned to Ski, Norway.[2][3]
Guttormsen competed for the University of California, Los Angeles in his first year of college and then transferred to Princeton University in 2020.[3]
At the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, the vaulter suffered a quad injury on his first attempt at 5.65 metres and did not qualify for the final.[1][2]
With his 2022 NCAA Indoors title, Guttormsen became the first indoor NCAA individual champion for Princeton since 2002.[3]
On 5 March 2023, the 23-year-old won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, the biggest success of his career up to that point. A few days later, he became only the ninth European to clear the six metre-mark indoors, set Norwegian outright record and equalled the collegiate record when winning his third NCAA title at the NCAA Division I Indoor T&F Championships.[4][5]
Personal bests
- Pole vault – 5.86 m (19 ft 2+1⁄2 in) (Zürich 2022) =NR
- Pole vault indoor – 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) (Albuquerque, NM 2023) NR
International competitions
NCAA titles
National titles
- Norwegian Athletics Championships
- Pole Vault: 2018, 2019, 2020
- Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 60 metres hurdles: 2017
- "Sondre GUTTORMSEN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- "Sondre Guttormsen - Men's Track and Field". Princeton Tigers. Princeton University. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- Feil, Justin (6 April 2022). "Making Unique Journey from Norway to PU Track Team, Guttormsen Flies to NCAA Indoor Men's Pole Vault Title | Town Topics". Town Topics. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- Mills, Steven (13 March 2023). "Guttormsen soars over 6.00m at the NCAA Indoor Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- "Sondre Guttormsen Wins NCAA Indoor Pole Vault Championship Clearing 6.00m to Tie Collegiate Record". Princeton Tigers. Princeton University. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- Sondre Guttormsen at World Athletics
- Sondre Guttormsen at European Athletics
- Sondre Guttormsen at Olympics.com
- Sondre Guttormsen at Olympedia
- Sondre Guttormsen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
