Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. A member of the Ingebrigtsen family, his younger brothers, Filip and Jakob, are also middle-distance runners.
Athletic career
Ingebrigtsen first broke the 3:40 barrier in the 1500 meters at the age of 19. He won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki at the 1500 metres event. He followed it by finishing 5th at the Olympic Games in London with a new national record of 3:35.43. Ingebrigtsen further improved the national record to 3:33.95 at the Diamond League meet held in Zürich on 29 August 2013.
In May 2018, he won the men's 5000 metres at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a PB 13:16.97, winning by only 0.005 seconds. He had run the last 400 metres of the race in 56.27 seconds.
On 13 June 2019, he set a new Norwegian record for 3000 metres, running 7:36.85 at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway.
Personal life
In October 2023, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a statement accusing their father and former coach Gjert of "aggression, control, and physical violence", also saying that he "took the joy out of the sport they once loved". Gjert stopped coaching his sons in 2022, and was not accredited as their coach at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Gjert would later be charged with seven counts of domestic abuse under Norwegian law in 2024. A trial investigating these claims has been ongoing since March 2025.
Ingebrigtsen and his brothers were the focus of several television programs, including Team Ingebrigtsen (2016-2021), and Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run (2024).
In late July 2024, with the goal of getting Norwegians excited and confident in their athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a pop song known as Ingen gjør det bedre (Nobody Does It Better).
International competitions
References
External links
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at World Athletics
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at European Athletics
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Diamond League
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Olympics.com
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Olympedia
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
- Henrik Ingebrigtsen on Instagram
- "Henrik Ingebrigtsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
