Filip Mangen Ingebrigtsen (born 20 April 1993) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who represents Sandnes Idrettslag. In 2016, Ingebrigtsen became European Champion at 1500 meters during the European Championships in Amsterdam, and took bronze over the same distance at the World Championships in 2017 in London. He previously held the Norwegian 1500m record with the time 3:30.01, set at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on 20 July 2018. At the 2019 London Diamond League Ingebrigtsen finished second to Samuel Tefera in the mile. With a time of 3:49.60 Ingebrigtsen ran a national record and new personal best.
 Ingebrigtsen in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Born | 20 April 1993[1] Sandnes, Norway |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, mile |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500 m: 3:30.01[2] Mile: 3:49.60[2] 5000 m: 13:11.75[2] |
Medal record | |
Ingebrigtsen was born in Sandnes. A member of the Ingebrigtsen family, his older brother Henrik and younger brother Jakob are also middle-distance runners. They were trained by their dad Gjert Ingebrigtsen until 2022.[3][4]
Career
edit2011
editAt the Norwegian Championship 2011 he finished fifth in the 800 meters with time 1.56.18. At the same meeting, he also was on the Sandnes Idrettslag team that won gold in the junior class. The others on the team were Kjartan Løvoll, Per Magne Florvaag and Marius Bakken Støle. In the terrain race he received NM medal, and won silver in the short run in NM in terrain race. In the long run (6 km) he finished fifth, and also got bronze in the relay, together with teammates Asle Rønning Tjelta and Ragnar Stølsmark.
2012-2015
editIn July 2012 he won gold at 1500 meters in junior NM in athletics in Sigdal. In August he finished third at 800 meters in the 2012 Norwegian Athletics Championships, with Thomas Roth winning and older brother Henrik finishing second. In the 2013 Norwegian Athletics Championship he won the 1500 meters, and also won gold on the 4 × 1500 meter relay in the NM.
At the 2014 European Athletics Championships, where he ran 3.41.06 for 1500 meters in the opening session, but did not reach the final. The following week he won two medals in the Norwegian Championship, coming second in the 1500 meters and third at 800 meters.
In the 2015 European Athletics Championships finished second in the 1500 meters behind Snorre Holtan Løken.
2016
editIn the 2016 European Athletics Championships, he won the 1500 meters, with his older brother Henrik in third place.[5] The week after, at the Diamond League meet in Monaco, and lowered his personal 1500 meters record to 3:33.72, finishing in 10th place. Ingebrigtsen represented Norway during the Rio Olympics in August, but was disqualified during the trial heat of the 1500 meters.[6]
2017
editIn the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, Ingebrigtsen took the bronze medal at 1500 meters with time 3.34.53.[7]
2018
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At the Diamond League in Monaco on 20 July 2018 Ingebrigtsen set a record of 1500 meters with a time of 3:30.01, which was the best time in Europe that year, and he became a favorite at that distance for the European Championship in Berlin. In the semi-finals, he fell and broke a rib, but got up, took the field again and qualified for the final. His injury affected his performance in the final, and he also had to withdraw from the 5000 meters final. His younger brother Jakob took gold at both distances, and his older brother Henrik took the silver at 5000 meters. The injury also troubled Ingebrigtsen during the NM a few weeks later, but he won the silver medal at 800 meters behind Thomas Roth.
2019
editSome of Ingebrigtsen's performances during the 2019 season were controversial. In the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he was disqualified in his 1500 meters heat for running off the track. His brother Jakob remarked that "It was the stupidest thing I'll see all year".[8] A few months later, at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Ingebrigtsen was seen to push another runner, Tedesse Lemi, causing him to fall, but he was not disqualified and proceeded to the semifinals.[9]
2020
editAt the Millrose Games, Ingebrigtsen ran a 3:56.99 indoor mile to set a new national record. He also set personal bests in the 1500 meters (3:36.32) and 800 meters (1:49.56). Ingebrigtsen opened his outdoor season in the Impossible Games, running the 1000 meters in a national record of 2:16.46 and a 2000 meters in 4:56.91 just behind his brothers Henrik (4:53.72) and Jakob (4:50.01), running both events on the same day. He ran an 800-meter personal best of 1:46.74 3 weeks later. In August, Ingebrigtsen ran the 1500 meters at the Monaco Diamond League in 3:30.35 season best.
2021
editIngebrigtsen's 2021–2022 season was placed into jeopardy due to a reaction to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine but said that he would do it again.[10] He struggled in training leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics and failed to qualify for the Olympic Men's 1500 m final after finishing tenth in his heat.[11]
Personal life
editIn October 2023, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a statement accusing their father and former coach Gjert of "aggression, control, and physical violence", also saying that he "took the joy out of the sport they once loved". Gjert stopped coaching his sons in 2022, and was not accredited at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[12] Gjert would later be charged with seven counts of domestic abuse under Norwegian law in 2024, with a trial set for 2025.[13]
Ingebrigtsen and his brothers were the focus of several television programs, including Team Ingebrigtsen (2016-2021), and Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run (2024).[14][15]
Music career
editIn late July 2024, with the goal of getting Norwegians excited and confident in their athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a pop song known as Ingen gjør det bedre (Nobody Does It Better). They released this under the handle The IngebritZ. In addition to featuring views of Norwegian fjords and mountains, along with archival footage of Norwegian athletes, the piece's original footage was filmed in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[16][17]
International competitions
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1Did not finish in the final
References
edit- ^ a b "Filip Ingebrigtsen". Olympedia.org. OlyMADmen. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ a b c IAAF. "Filip INGEBRIGTSEN - Athlete Profile".
- ^ Thomas Brakstad (16 March 2016) Familien vinnervilje NRK
- ^ "Meninger: Jakob, Henrik og Filip Ingebrigtsen om bruddet med Gjert Ingebrigtsen: Dette er vår historie". VG (in Norwegian). 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Filip Ingebrigtsen comes of age". European Athletics. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Report: men's 1500m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games". World Athletics. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Gretschel, Johanna (13 August 2017). "Elijah Manangoi Restores Kenyan Pride With 1500m Win". FloTrack. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Athletics news - 'Stupid' Filip Ingebrigtsen disqualified from European 1500m heat". Eurosport. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Sarah Lorge Butler; Taylor Dutch; Scott Douglas. "Highlights From the 2019 IAAF World Championships". Runner's World. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Reaksjoner på vaksinen ødela sesongen for Ingebrigtsen".
- ^ "Filip Ingebrigtsen utslagen av vaccinet". SVT Sport. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (2023-10-19). "Ingebrigtsen brothers speak out against their father and former coach". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ "Gjert Ingebrigtsen To Stand Trial For Alleged Abuse In 2025". CITIUS MAG. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ^ Team Ingebrigtsen (Biography, Reality-TV), Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), 2016-03-17, retrieved 2024-11-29
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Ingebrigtsen - Born to Run (Documentary), Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Liva Ingebrigtsen, Astrid Mangen Ingebrigtsen, Salto Film og Fjernsyn, 2024-09-20, retrieved 2024-11-29
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ LetsRun.com (2024-07-25). "Ingebrigtsen Brothers Release Single & Music Video To Get Norway Pumped For The Olympics". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Olympic Track Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen Weirdly Just Dropped the Song of the Summer". Runner's World. 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
