Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sondre Nordstad Moen in 2015
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991
Trondheim, Norway
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
ClubStrindheim IL
SK Vidar
IL ROS
Coached byKristian Ulriksen

Sondre Nordstad Moen (born 12 January 1991) is a Norwegian long-distance runner.[2] He set a European record in marathon in 2017 when winning the Fukuoka Marathon, a record he held for ten months. He has also held European records in 25,000 metres, and in one hour run.

Personal life

Nordstad Moen was born in Trondheim on 12 January 1991.[3]

Career

Moen qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he finished 19th in the marathon with a time of 2:14:17.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] He did not finish his race.[6] As of October 2021, he is the fourth fastest European ever over the distance behind Kaan Kigen Özbilen, Bashir Abdi and Mo Farah[7]

During the Impossible Games at Bislett in June 2020, Moen set a European record on 25,000 metre with time 1:12:46.5.[3]

In August 2020 he set a European record in one hour run, running 21,131, and beating Jos Hermens' 44 years old record. He held this European record only for one month, when Mo Farah set a new world record in September the same year with 21,330 meter.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "European Athletics Homepage | European Athletics".
  2. ↑ Sondre Nordstad Moen at World Athletics
  3. 1 2 3 Bryhn, Rolf (4 October 2021). "Sondre Nordstad Moen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Isabelle Pedersen og Vita Heine til OL". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 15 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Norske rekorder for Menn Senior pr". www.friidrett.no.
  6. 1 2 "2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon – Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Marathon Men Region Europe". www.worldathletics.org.
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