 Nordås in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 September 1998 Voll, Klepp, Norway | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Sandnes IL | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gjert Ingebrigtsen | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Narve Gilje Nordås (born 30 September 1998) is a Norwegian athlete competing in middle-distance and long-distance events.[1] He is a World Championships (2023) bronze medalist and two-time Olympian, having competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Klepp on 30 September 1998,[2] Nordås represents the club Sandnes IL,[3] and is coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen.[4]
Career
[edit]Nordås won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres and a silver medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2020 Norwegian Athletics Championships. He placed fifth in the 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]
In 2021, Nordås was selected to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and competed in men's 5000 metres event.[3][5] In September of that year, he became Norwegian champion in the men's 5000 metres for a second time.[4]
On 15 July 2023, Nordås set a new personal record in the 5000 metres distance during an event in Heusden, improving his personal best with more than ten seconds to 13:05.38, and thereby qualifying for the distance at the World Championships in Budapest.[6] He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, finishing behind Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen.[7] On 2 June 2024, Nordås won the men's 3000 metres event at the Stockholm leg of the Diamond League.[8] Nordås competed in the men's 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, placing seventh in the former event.[9]
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 1500 metres – 3:29.47 (Oslo 2023)
- Mile – 3:56.62 (Bergen 2020)
- 3000 metres – 7:41.31 (Lahti 2021)
- 5000 metres – 13:05.38 (Heusden 2023)
- 10,000 metres – 28:04.42 (Oslo 2022)
Indoor
- 1500 metres – 3:41.81 (Karlstad 2023)
- 3000 metres – 7:50.21 (Toruń 2021)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Narve Gilje Nordås". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Sundby, Jørn. "Narve Gilje Nordås". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ a b "48 utøvere tatt ut i tredje uttak til OL og Paralympics i Tokyo" [48 athletes selected for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics]. Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 3 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ a b Mueller, Hanne Skjellum; Skjerdingstad, Anders (10 September 2021). "LNorgesmesteren ble nektet av trener-Gjert å bruke egen NM-plan". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Narve Gilje Nordås". olympedia.org. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Skjerdingstad, Anders (15 July 2023). "Nordås nest best i Norge gjennom tidene – irritert på seg selv". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ Lie, Sindre (24 August 2023). "Nordås om «kaldt» håndtrykk: – Jeg er bare glad for at han tok meg i hånda". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Christiansen, Synne Sofie (2 June 2024). "Narve Gilje Nordås seiret i Stockholm – ny personlig rekord". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ Rathborn, Jack (6 August 2024). "Josh Kerr won the battle but lost the war as Cole Hocker delivers stunning upset". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Narve Gilje Nordås at World Athletics
- Narve Gilje Nordås at European Athletics
- Narve Gilje Nordås at Olympics.com
- Narve Gilje Nordås at Olympedia
- Narve Gilje Nordås at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
