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Sondre Nordstad Moen

Sondre Nordstad Moen
Sondre Nordstad Moen in 2015
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 34)
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

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

Career

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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

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  1. ^ "European Athletics Homepage | European Athletics".
  2. ^ Sondre Nordstad Moen at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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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