Simen Guttormsen
 Guttormsen at the 2022 Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Norway |
| Born | 19 January 2001 (23 years, 308 days old)[1] |
| Home town | Ski, Norway[2] |
| Education | Davis Senior High School[3][2] Princeton University |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 161 lb (73 kg)[4] |
| Relative | Sondre Guttormsen (brother)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Pole vault |
| College team | Princeton Tigers[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals |
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| Personal bests |
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| Updated on 15 December 2023 | |
Simen Guttormsen (born 19 January 2001) is a Norwegian pole vaulter and graduate student at Duke University. He is the brother of Olympic pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen.
Career
[edit]Simen Guttormsen first gained international experience in 2018 when he competed at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, where he was eliminated in the qualification rounds with a clearance of 4.55 m. The following year, he reached the final at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, but failed at his chosen starting height. That same year, he also began competing on the Princeton Tigers track and field team. In 2021, he failed to make a valid attempt in the qualifying round at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.
In 2021, Guttormsen won the Norwegian Athletics Championships pole vault, his first senior national title.[1]
He missed qualifying for the final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene with a height of 5.65 m. He also was eliminated in the qualifying round with a height of 5.50 m at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in München in August.[1]
At the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Guttormsen recorded his best placing of 4th in the pole vault.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Guttormsen is from Ski, Norway, and his father Atle Guttormsen claims that he can trace his family lineage back to the 17th century. He claims to have been introduced to the pole vault at 4 years old. Though his father was a hurdler, both Guttormsen and his older brother Sondre are pole vaulters. Before his collegiate career at Princeton University, Guttormsen attended Davis Senior High School in California.[4]
Statistics
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]| Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole vault (indoors) | 5.61 m A | 2cB | UCS National Pole Vault Summit | Reno, Nevada | 14 January 2022 |
| Pole vault (outdoors) | 5.72 m |  |
Täby Stavhoppsgala | Täby, Sweden | 28 June 2022 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Simen Guttormsen at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ a b c d "Simen Guttormsen - Men's Track and Field". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Simen Guttormsen at MileSplit
- ^ a b "Feature Story: The Guttormsen Brothers And The Crazy Event They've Mastered". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "The Guttormsen brothers continue to shine on the track". The Daily Princetonian.
External links
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- Living people
- 2001 births
- Norwegian male pole vaulters
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- Princeton Tigers men's track and field athletes
- People from Ski, Norway
- Sportspeople from Akershus
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway
- Norwegian Athletics Championships winners
- Davis Senior High School (California) alumni
- Duke Blue Devils men's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Norway