Sondre Guttormsen
_2020.png) Guttormsen in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Born | 1 June 1999 Davis, California, U.S. |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| 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) |
Sondre Guttormsen (born 1 June 1999)[1] is a Norwegian athlete specialising in the pole vault. He is a European Indoor Championships gold and bronze medallist. Guttormsen won the gold medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and the bronze medal at the 2025 European Indoor Championships. He is also a European U23 Championships and European U18 Championships bronze medallist, three-time NCAA champion and four-time Norwegian national champion. Guttormsen is a two-time Olympian and competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]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]
Statistics
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Personal bests
[edit]- Pole vault – 5.90 m (19 ft 4+1⁄4 in) (Austin, TX 2023) NR
- Pole vault indoor – 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) (Albuquerque, NM 2023) NR
International competitions
[edit]NCAA titles
[edit]- NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships
National titles
[edit]- Norwegian Athletics Championships
- Pole Vault: 2018, 2019, 2020
- Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 60 metres hurdles: 2017
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sondre GUTTORMSEN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Sondre Guttormsen - Men's Track and Field". Princeton Tigers. Princeton University. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ a b c 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.
External links
[edit]- Sondre Guttormsen at World Athletics
- Sondre Guttormsen at European Athletics
- Sondre Guttormsen at TFRRS
- Sondre Guttormsen at TFRRS
- Sondre Guttormsen at Olympics.com
- Sondre Guttormsen at Olympedia
- Sondre Guttormsen at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Sondre Guttormsen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
- "Sondre Guttormsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Ski, Norway
- Athletes from Akershus
- Norwegian male pole vaulters
- Norwegian expatriates in the United States
- Norwegian Athletics Championships winners
- UCLA Bruins men's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Norway
- Olympic male pole vaulters
- United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Princeton Tigers men's track and field athletes
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners