Eivind Henriksen
Personal information | |
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Born | Oslo, Norway | 14 September 1990
Sport | |
Country | Norway |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | 81.58 m NR |
Medal record | |
Updated on 18 August 2022 |
Eivind Henriksen (born 14 September 1990) is a Norwegian athlete competing in hammer throw. His achivements include winning a silver medal at the Olympics, and bronze medals at the world championships and European championships.
Career[edit]
Henriksen won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the hammer throw event,[1] and also qualified for and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] Among other significant results, Henriksen placed sixth at the 2019 World Championships and fifth at the 2018 European Championships.
In 2022 he won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships, and another bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships.[3]
His personal best (also the Norwegian record in the hammer throw) is 81.58 metres, set in 2021 at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Personal life[edit]
Henriksen was born in Oslo on 14 September 1990.[3]
Competition record[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics - Final Results - Men's hammer throw (Tokyo, 2020)". IOC. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Eivind Henriksen". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ a b Hovde, Kjell-Olav; Sundby, Jørn. "Eivind Henriksen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
External links[edit]
- Eivind Henriksen at World Athletics
- Eivind Henriksen at European Athletics
- Eivind Henriksen at Olympics.com
- Eivind Henriksen at Olympedia
- Eivind Henriksen at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
- Norwegian male hammer throwers
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Oslo
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Norway
- Norwegian Athletics Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Norwegian athletics biography stubs