Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen, born on 19 September 2000, is a Norwegian middle- and long-distance runner. He won the 1500 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 5000 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the 5000 metres at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships. He is a seven-time European champion and seven-time European indoor champion, and he holds world records in several indoor and middle-distance events. He is the youngest of three brothers who were coached by their father Gjert until 2022, and at sixteen he became the youngest man at the time to run a sub-four minute mile.