Karsten Warholm

Karsten Warholm (born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian athlete who competes in the sprints and hurdles. He has won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, and at the 2018 European Championships. He competed in the octathlon as a youth, winning gold at the 2013 World Youth Championships.

Karsten Warholm

Warholm at the 2017 Bislett Games
Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	28 February 1996 Ulsteinvik, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Norway
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hurdling, sprinting
Club	Dimna Idrettslag[2]
Coached by	Leif Olav Alnes
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 m hurdles: 46.87 ER (Stockholm 2020) 400 m: 45.05i ER (Glasgow 2019)
Medal record World Championships 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles 2017 London 400 m hurdles European Championships 2018 Berlin 400 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 400 m European U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz 400 m hurdles 2017 Bydgoszcz 400 m European Junior Championships 2015 Eskilstuna 400 m 2015 Eskilstuna Decathlon World Youth Championships 2013 Donetsk Octathlon Representing Europe Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 400 m hurdles

Warholm holds the Norwegian record in the 400 m and the European record in the 400 m hurdles with times of 44.87 seconds and 46.87 seconds, respectively. Warholm's time of 46.87 seconds for the 400 m hurdles is the second fastest time in history, bettered only by Kevin Young's 1992 world record.

Career

2013

In March, Warholm won eight gold medals in the Norwegian Youth Indoors Championships in 2013.[2] In June at the 2013 Bislett Games, he competed in the 200 m. He finished seventh in his heat with a time of 22.25 s and did not advance to the final. Usain Bolt won the heat with a time of 19.79 s.[3] At the 2013 World Youth Championships in July, he won gold in the boys' octathlon with 6451 points, a personal best.[4]

2014

In 2014, Warholm competed in the decathlon as well as in specialised events. At the time, his possible future specialization were the long jump, hurdling and 400 metres.[5] His weakest performances in the decathlon were in the throwing events.[6]

In June 2014, Warholm set a Norwegian junior record in the 400 m with a time of 46.31 s.[7]

2015

In July, he won silver in the 400 m at the 2015 European Junior Championships with a time of 46.50 s, 0.02 s behind Benjamin Lobo Vedel. He also won silver in the decathlon with 7764 points, a personal best.

2016

In July 2016, while participating in the semi-final of the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 European Championships, he broke the Norwegian national record with a time of 48.84 s.[8] He then finished sixth in the final with a time of 49.82 s. In August, he made it to the semi-finals in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2017

In July 2017, he won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 European U23 Championships, setting a championship record of 48.37 s. He also won silver in the 400 m with a time of 45.75 s. In August, he won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 World Championships with a time of 48.35 s.[9] Two weeks after his success at the World Championships, he improved upon his own Norwegian record in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 48.22 s at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich.[10]

2018

At the 2018 European Championships Warholm won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles event with a time of 47.64 s, setting his new personal best and the new European U23 record.

2019

In March, Warholm won gold in the 400 m at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships. His time of 45.05 s equalled the European record set by Thomas Schönlebe in 1988.[11] In June, at the Oslo Bislett Games he broke the European men's 400 m hurdles record with a time of 47.33.[12] At the Müller Anniversary Games in July, Warholm improved on his 400 m hurdles time, taking it to 47.12 s.[13] At Weltklasse Zurich in August, Warholm set a new European record in the 400 m hurdles, with a time of 46.92, making him the third person to run under 47 seconds for the distance. He was chased to the finish line by Rai Benjamin, who became the fourth person to break 47 seconds, with a time of 46.98[14] At the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, he won the 400 m hurdles in a time of 47.42 seconds, retaining his championship from 2017.[15]

2020

On June 11th, Warholm competed in the Impossible Games in Bislett Stadion (Oslo, Norway). He ran the 300 metres hurdles with a world best time of 33.78 besting Chris Rawlinson time of 34.48 set in 2002. He also ran 400 meters indoors with a time of 45.97. On August 24th in Stockholm, Warholm ran a personal best of 46.87, missing Kevin Young's world record of 46.78. This was the third performance in history surpassing 47 seconds, and with it, Warholm became the first person to break 47 seconds twice.

Personal Bests

Surface	Event	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Outdoor Track	100 m	10.52	28 May 2016	Lillestrøm, Norway
	200 m	21.09 21.00w	4 June 2016 12 June 2015	Florø, Norway Bærum, Norway
	300 m	32.69	22 August 2018	Bergen, Norway	NB
	400 m	44.87	10 June 2017	Florø, Norway	NR
	300 m hurdles	33.78	11 June 2020	Oslo, Norway	WR
	400 m hurdles	46.87	23 August 2020	Stockholm, Sweden	ER, NR
Indoor Track	60 m	6.75	28 January 2017	Florø, Norway
	100 m	10.49	28 January 2017	Florø, Norway
	200 m	20.91	5 February 2017	Ulsteinvik, Norway
	400 m	45.05	2 March 2019	Glasgow, Scotland	ER, NR

References

1. "EAA profile". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. Malin Kjellstadli Korsnes and Tore Ellingseter (10 March 2013): Karsten Warholm tok åtte NM-gull på tre dagar (in Norwegian) NRK, retrieved 17 July 2013
3. Heiderleg på Bislett
4. Kristian Stenerud and Jarle Mordal(11 July 2013): 17-åring for de store anledninger (in Norwegian) Sunnmørsposten, retrieved 13 July 2013
5. Arne Hole (11 June 2014)Viser hvorfor han regnes som Norges største talent Aftenposten.
6. Steinar Andre Danielsen et al.: Utvilsomt et av tidenes talenter i norsk friidrett (in Norwegian) NRK, retrieved 13 July 2013
7. Nå er 18-åringen nest best gjennom tidene NRK. 7 June 2014
8. "Warholm etter ny norsk rekord i EM:– Steike bra!". Retrieved 10 August 2017.
9. "World Championships: Norway's Karsten Warholm wins 400m hurdles gold". 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
10. "400m Hurdles Results" (PDF). sportresult.com. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
11. Warholm and J. Ingebrigtsen dominate 'Norway night' at European Indoor Championships IAAF
12. "Oslo: Warholm Sizzles 47.33 European Record". IDL Diamond League. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
13. European record for Karsten Warholm Athletics Weekly
14. "Warholm sizzles 46.92 in Zurich - IAAF Diamond League".
15. Saj Chowdhury (30 September 2019). "Karsten Warholm retains 400m hurdles title at World Athletics Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

External links

• Karsten Warholm at World Athletics
• Karsten Warholm at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)