Sondre Nordstad Moen

Sondre Nordstad Moen (born 12 January 1991) is a Norwegian long-distance runner.[2] He qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sondre Nordstad Moen in 2015
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
ClubStrindheim IL
SK Vidar
Coached byRenato Canova

After the Olympic Games in Rio, he asked the Italian Coach Renato Canova to follow his training, and the collaboration produced big improvement: European Marathon Record in Fukuoka (2:05:48 in 2017), Nordic Records in 10000m (27:24.79 in Kristiansand in 2019) and in Half Marathon (59:47 in 2017).

His achievements include victory at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in 2010, and a gold medal in 10,000 metres at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships. Moen holds multiple Norwegian records, including the 10,000 metres, half marathon and the marathon.[4]

On 2 December 2017, Moen won the Fukuoka Marathon in a time of 2:05:48. He was the first European ever to complete a marathon in less than 2:06. In 2018, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[5] He did not finish his race.[5] As of August 2019, he is the second fastest European ever over the distance behind Mo Farah.

References
  1. http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=m/athlete=154726-moen-sondre-nordstad/index.html
  2. Sondre Nordstad Moen at World Athletics
  3. "Isabelle Pedersen og Vita Heine til OL". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. https://www.friidrett.no/globalassets/aktivitet/statistikk/rekorder/norske-rekorder-menn-senior.htm
  5. "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.


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