Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
Grøvdal at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin
Personal information
Born (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990
Ålesund, Norway
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running; 3000 m steeplechase
ClubIK Tjalve
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Norway
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Amsterdam10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place2018 Berlin3000 m s'chase
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 Hengelo3000 m s'chase
Gold medal – first place2009 Novi Sad5000 m
Gold medal – first place2009 Novi Sad3000 m s'chase
World Youth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2007 Ostrava2000 m s'chase
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 DublinJunior race
Gold medal – first place2021 DublinSenior race
Gold medal – first place2022 TurinSenior race
Gold medal – first place2023 BrusselsSenior race
Silver medal – second place2006 San Giorgio
su Legnano		Junior race
Silver medal – second place2019 LisbonSenior race
Bronze medal – third place2015 HyèresSenior race
Bronze medal – third place2016 ChiaSenior race
Bronze medal – third place2017 ŠamorínSenior race
Bronze medal – third place2018 TilburgSenior race

Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (born 14 June 1990)[2] is a Norwegian middle-, long-distance and steeplechase runner. She won bronze medals for the 10,000 metres at the 2016 European Championships, and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2018 European Championships. Grøvdal earned nine individual medals at the European Cross Country Championships, an unsurpassed record by a female athlete in the meet history.[3][4]

In 2007, she won the bronze medal in the 2000 m steeplechase at the World Youth Championships and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the European Junior Championships. At the 2009 European Junior Championships, she won gold for two events: 5000 m and 3000 m steeplechase. Grøvdal represented Norway at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as at nine World Athletics Championships. She holds four Norwegian records (One mile, indoor 3000 m, 5000 m, 3000 m steeplechase) plus two bests (2000 m, 2000 m steeplechase). She won 17 individual senior national titles.[5]

Career

Karoline Grøvdal gained her first international experience as a 16-year-old in June 2006, winning 3000 m steeplechase race at the European Cup Second League held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In August that year, she placed fifth in the event at the World Under-20 Championships, and in December, she capped her season with the silver medal for the U20 race at the European Cross Country Championships.[2]

In June 2007, still 16, Grøvdal broke Norwegian senior records in the 3000 m steeplechase in Neerpelt, Belgium with a time of 9:33.19. The following month, she finished third in the 2000 m steeplechase at the World U18 Championships, and won the 3000 m steeplechase event at the European U20 Championships, breaking the European under-20 record.[5]

In 2009, after she won three gold medals altogether at the European Junior and Cross Country Championships (U20 race), she was voted European Athletics Female Rising Star of the Year.[5]

Injuries and illness characterized the start of Grøvdal's senior career. She started to achieve better results from 2015.[5]

At senior level, she won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships, bronze in 10,000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, bronze medals at 2016, 2017, 2018 European Cross Country Championships, bronze in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, silver at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships, and eventually a gold at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships.[2][6] She defended her European cross country title in 2022.[2] In December 2023 she won a gold medal at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, her third title in a row.[7]

Grøvdal competed at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[8]

In June 2016 at the home Bislett Games in Oslo, at about two months before the Rio Summer Olympics, Grøvdal broke Grete Waitz' 38-year-old Norwegian mile record with a time of 4:26.23.[5]

During 2021 she improved her personal bests at several distances, including 1500, 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.[9] Participating in a Diamond League event in Brussels in September, she set her personal best at the 5000 metres in a time of 14:43.26.[10] She beat that mark on the Diamond circuit at the home Bislett Games in Oslo the following year, breaking Ingrid Kristiansen’s almost 36-year-old Norwegian record by six seconds with a time of 14:31.07.[11]

Statistics

Grøvdal warms up at the 2010 Bislett Games meet in home Oslo.

International competitions

Representing  Norway
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2006 European Cup Second League Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 1st 3000 m s'chase 10:17.27
World Junior Championships Beijing, China 5th 3000 m s'chase 10:00.44
European Cross Country Championships San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy 2nd XC 4.1 km U20 12:36
2007 European Cup First League Vaasa, Finland 2nd 5000 m 15:56.62
World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 2000 m s'chase 6:25.30
European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:44.34 AU20R
World Championships Osaka, Japan 27th (h) 3000 m s'chase 9:56.41
2009 European Team Championships First League Bergen, Norway 3rd 5000 m 15:29.82 NU20R
3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:47.66 PB
European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st 5000 m 15:45.45
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:43.69
World Championships Berlin, Germany 32nd (h) 3000 m s'chase 9:48.47
European Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 1st XC 4.039 km U20 14:10
2010 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland – Senior race DNF
European Team Championships Super League Bergen, Norway 3rd 5000 m 15:25.40 PB
7th 3000 m s'chase 9:47.92
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 10th 5000 m 15:41.42
– 10,000 m DNF
2011 European Team Championships First League Izmir, Turkey 2nd 5000 m 15:44.92
2nd 3000 m s'chase 9:46.07
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic – (f) 3000 m s'chase DNS
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 27th (h) 5000 m 15:24.86
2013 European Team Championships Super League Gateshead, United Kingdom 8th 5000 m 15:48.21
World Championships Moscow, Russia 13th 5000 m 15:48.87
European Cross Country Championships Belgrade, Serbia 5th XC 8.0 km 26:52
2014 World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 20th Half marathon 1:10:53
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 13th 5000 m 15:52.78
2015 European Team Championships Super League Cheboksary, Russia 2nd 1500 m 4:16.22
World Championships Beijing, China 20th (h) 5000 m 16:02.20
European Cross Country Championships Hyères, France 3rd XC 8.087 km 25:57
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd 10,000 m 31:23.45
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 7th 5000 m 14:57.53
9th 10,000 m 31:14.07
European Cross Country Championships Chia, Italy 3rd XC 7.97 km 25:26
2017 European Team Championships First League Vaasa, Finland 7th 1500 m 4:18.24
World Championships London, United Kingdom 31st (h) 1500 m 4:09.56
– (f) 5000 m DNF
European Cross Country Championships Šamorín, Slovakia 3rd XC 8.23 km 27:04
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:24.46
European Cross Country Championships Tilburg, Netherlands 3rd XC 8.3 km 26:07
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th 3000 m 8:52.12
European Team Championships First League Sandnes, Norway 8th 1500 m 4:53.78
1st 3000 m 9:45.20
World Championships Doha, Qatar – (h) 5000 m DNF
13th 3000 m s'chase 9:29.41
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 2nd XC 8.3 km 27:07
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 14th 5000 m 15:09.37
– (f) 10,000 m DNF
European Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 1st XC 8.0 km 26:34
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 8th 5000 m 14:57.62
European Championships Munich, Germany – (f) 5000 m DNF
European Cross Country Championships Turin, Italy 1st XC 7.662 km 26:25
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 20th (h) 5000 m 15:08.96

Personal bests

Road

National track titles

References

  1. ↑ Sports-Reference profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal at World Athletics
  3. ↑ Mills, Steven (8 December 2022). "Preview | Reigning champion Grøvdal renews rivalry with Can and Klosterhalfen in La Mandria Park". European Athletics. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Minshull, Phil (11 December 2022). "Report | Grøvdal shows her technical strength to retain her title". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Solheim, Tor Håkon; Bryhn, Rolf. "Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Crumley, Euan (12 December 2021). "Dublin brings Euro Cross delight". AW. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Grovdal and Schrub win European cross titles in Brussels". worldathletics.org. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Henderson, Jason (1 May 2021). "Karoline Grøvdal runs 14:39 5km in Norway". AW. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Skjerdingstad, Anders (3 September 2021). "Svarte kritikerne etter personlig rekord: – Mange som tror jeg er lite offensiv" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ↑ Henderson, Jason (16 June 2022). "Hodgkinson and Muir one-two in Oslo 800m". AW. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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