Guðrún Arnardóttir (hurdler)
Guðrún Arnardóttir (born 24 September 1971) is a retired Icelandic athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Her biggest success was reaching the final at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney where she finished seventh. In 2022, she was inducted in to the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland Hall of Fame.[1]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Iceland | |||||
| 1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 32rd (h) | 100m | 12.62 (wind: +1.8 m/s) |
| 34th (h) | 200m | 25.85 (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |||
| 1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 18th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 14.30 (wind: +0.6 m/s) |
| 1991 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 2nd | 100 m | 12.26 |
| 1st | 200 m | 24.72 | |||
| 1st | 100 m hurdles | 14.19 | |||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 38th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.96 |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 25th (h) | 100m hurdles | 13.53 (wind: +0.8 m/s) |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 57.29 |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 10th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 54.81 |
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 15th (h) | 400 m | 53.41 |
| Games of the Small States of Europe | Reykjavík, Iceland | 1st | 200 m | 23.66 (w) | |
| 1st | 400 m | 55.05 | |||
| 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.20 (w) | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 48.03 | |||
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 9th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 54.93 | |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 54.59 (NR) |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 19th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 55.45 |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 13th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 8.31 (=iNR) |
| 9th (sf) | 400 m | 53.14 | |||
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 54.63 | |
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.81 (Odense 1997) NR
- 400 metres – 52.83 (London 1997) NR
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.18 (+1.2 m/s) (Lexington 1996) NR
- 400 metres hurdles – 54.37 (London 2000) NR
Indoor
- 400 metres – 53.11 (Baton Rouge 1995) NR
- 50 metres hurdles – 6.89 (Reykjavík 2000) NR
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.31 (Lexington 1996, Gent 2000) NR
References
[edit]- ^ Hólmfríður Gísladóttir (30 December 2022). "Guðrún Arnardóttir útnefnd í Heiðurshöll ÍSÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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