Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Ingebrigtsen won four medals as a junior in the 2017 European U20 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. He was the youngest pacemaker in Eliud Kipchoge’s successful unofficial sub-2 hour marathon attempt in October 2019. In his junior career, he won two gold and one bronze medals at the World U20 Championships, while clinched two gold and two silver medals at the European U20 Championships.

Ingebrigtsen finished in 11th position in a Diamond League race at Hayward Field in Eugene, US, on May 27, 2017, becoming the youngest athlete in history to complete the one-mile distance in less than 4 minutes. On June 15, he ran nearly two seconds quicker, finishing first in a mile race at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, in 3:56.29. On July 8, the same year, he set a junior European record in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 8:26.81 at the Guldensporen competition in Kortrijk, Belgium. He had never before run in the 3000 m steeplechase race.

Ingebrigtsen came fourth in the Prefontaine Classic’s Bowerman Mile on May 26, 2018, with a timing of 3:52.28. It is the fastest mile time ever set by a 17-year-old. On July 5, 2019, he established a new personal best and a U20 European Record in the 1500 m, finishing second in 3:30.16 at the Lausanne Diamond League. On July 20, at the London Diamond League, he achieved a new national record and U20 European record in the 5000 m, finishing second in 13:02.03. Just behind Timothy Cheruiyot, Jakob was the second-best 1500 m runner in the world as of October 6, 2019. On his debut, he ran 27:54 to break Sondre Nordstad Moen’s Norwegian 10 km record at the Hytteplanmila in Hole, Norway, on October 19. Jakob’s speed was not only a national record, but it was also the fastest time by a European in 2019 and the European U20 10 km best.

Ingebrigtsen beat the previous record of 3:31:65 held by the Kenyan Abel Kipsang to win gold in the 1500-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, setting an Olympic and European record on the route. He finished the competition as the second-youngest winner. Ingebrigtsen passed Timothy Cheruiyot, who won the silver medal, for the first time on the final lap. Ingebrigtsen established his first senior world record on February 17, 2022, at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin by finishing the indoor 1500 m in 3:30.60. By 0.44 seconds, he beat Samuel Tefera’s 3-year-old record.

According to popularbio.com, the net worth of the Norwegian middle and long-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen is estimated to be around 5 million dollars. He has endorsement deals with brands like Nike, Vitamin Well, Easee, Mercedes, Nordea, Extra, NorDan, Viking Garn, etc.

Jacob was born on 19 September 2000 at Sandnes, Rogaland in Norway. His father is Gjert Ingebrigtsen who is a Norwegian sports coach and was awarded the title Norwegian Sports Coach of the Year for the year 2018. Jacob is the third son of Gjert. His elder siblings, Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen are all athletes and have also represented their country at the Summer Olympics. Three of them were coached by father Gjert until 2022. He has four more siblings Kristoffer, Martin, Ingrid and William. While Jacob’s elder siblings Kristoffer and Martin chose to have a non-sporting background, his younger ones Ingrid and William want to follow the footprints of their popular siblings.