Henriette Jæger (born 30 June 2003) is a Norwegian track and field athlete. She is a multiple time national champion, and former U18 world record holder. In 2023, she became the Norwegian record holder over 400 metres.[1]
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 200m: 22.58 (Malmo, 2024) NR 300m: 35.46 (Bergen, 2024) NR 400m: 49.85 (La Chaux de Fonds, 2024) NR Indoors 400m: 51.05 (Torún, 2024) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editYoung heptathlete
editFrom Aremark,[2] Jæger was 14 years-old when she came third at the Norwegian senior indoor championships over 200 metres, in February 2018.[3] As a 14 year-old at the Baltic Athletics Championships in 2018, she broke the Norwegian record for girls aged 15 in the heptathlon, that had stood since 1986, with a score of 5352 points.[4] Competing in Fagernes in 2020 she broke 6000 points for the heptathlon for the first time.[5] In September 2020, she broke the world U18 Heptathlon record with 6301 points, surpassing María Vicente’s record score from 2018.[6][7] Jæger set a new Norwegian U20 heptathlon record in Gotzis in May 2021 of 6154 points.[8]
2022 - 2023: Junior 400m medalist
editJæger finished in fourth place in the 400 meters at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia with a time of 52.23 seconds.[9]
Competing at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland, she won a silver medal in the 400m after a close battle with Yemi Mary John, with Keely Hodgkinson in third.[10] Her time of 51.06s set a Norwegian record over the distance.[11]
2024- Olympic finalist
editIn January 2024, she set a new national record in the 200 metres indoors running 22.99 in Baerum.[12] At the 2024 Copernicus Cup in February 2024, she set a new 400m personal best, and a new national record, running 51.05.[13] She competed in the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow and reached the semi-finals.[14] She ran as part of the Norwegian 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[15]
In June 2024, in Rome, she became the first Norwegian woman to reach the final of the 200 metres at the European Athletics Championships for 78 years winning her semi final in 22.71 seconds.[16] She finished fourth in the final having run 22.83 seconds.[17] Later that month, she won both the 200m and 400m at the Norwegian Athletics Championships.[18] She ran a new 400m personal best of 49.85 seconds in La Chaux-de-Fonds in July 2024.[19]
She qualified for the final at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, finishing in eighth place.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Henriette Jæger". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ Larsen, Atle Wester (12 May 2018). "Ny norsk rekord på 60 meter". ha-halden.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Monsen, Anders Huun (4 February 2018). "Jakob Ingebrigtsen with the European junior record". friidrett.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Larsen, Atle Wester (18 May 2020). "Henriette (14) smashed a 32-year-old Norwegian record". ha-halden.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Monsen, Anders Huun (9 August 2020). "Fantastic delivered by Henriette Jæger". Friidrett.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Eriksrud Hansen, Ole Jonny (13 September 2020). "Henriette Jæger (17) set the U18 world record in heptathlon". nettavisen.no.
- ^ Larsen, Anders Huun (13 September 2020). "Clear world record in the heptathlon by Henriette Jæger". Friidrett.no. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ Larsen, Anders Huun. "Henriette Jæger topped off a brilliant athletics weekend". Friidrett.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Henriette Jæger close to a sensational WC medal". no.glbnews. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Helle, Rune (17 July 2023). "Took Norway to the final: - I really delivered". Ringsaker-blad.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Van Der Weken dashes to a national 60m record and world lead of 7.09 at home in Luxembourg". European Athletics. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "World-Leading Performances Highlight the 10th Copernicus Cup's in Torun". Watch Athletics. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Women 200m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "German 100m record of 9.99 for Ansah". European-Athletics. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Bol breaks European 400m hurdles record in La Chaux-de-Fonds". World Athletics. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.