Henrik Flåtnes

Henrik Flåtnes
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long Jump, Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Long jump: 7.96 (Espoo, 2023)
Triple jump: 15.97 (Espoo, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Espoo Long jump
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn Long jump

Henrik Flåtnes (born 26 December 2001) is a Norwegian track and field athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He is a multiple-time national champion and a European U23 champion.[1]

Career

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From Stokke, he competes for Tønsberg, he competed in Győr at the 2017 Youth Olympics.[2]

Flåtnes achieved a long jump of 7.63m indoors in 2019, which was a Norwegian U23 record.[3] In 2019 he became the Norwegian outdoors triple jump champion with a new personal best 15.46 meters.[4]

Flåtnes set a Norwegian indoor record long jump of 7.87 when he competed in the Karlsruhe Gold event in the World Athletics' indoor tour in January 2022. This bettered Martin Roe's 2018 record by six centimetres.[5]

Flåtnes jumped 7.79m to reach the final at the 2022 European Athletics Championships held in Munich in august 2022.[6] In the final he finished sixth with a 7.83m jump.[7]

Flåtnes won the gold medal in the men’s long jump with a personal best of 7.96m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland. It was an upgrade on the silver he won at the same event in the 2021 long jump in Tallinn, Estonia.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Henrik Flåtnes". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ^ Olsen, Hanne Bergby (25 July 2017). "Henrik and "Moa" are fighting for a medal in the Youth Olympics". sb.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Henrik Flåtnes: – A very good sign!". Magasinetfriideett.no. January 29, 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ Øverland, Rune (3 August 2019). "Henrik Flåtnes: Norwegian triple jump champion". Test.tfik.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ Nessler, Simon Zetlitz (28 January 2022). "Norwegian record for Flåtnes in Karlsruhe – Edman also impressed". Direkte.vg.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Flåtnes and Kiplesund to the EC final in length with a cry of distress". dagsavisen.no. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Flåtnes in sixth place in the length final - Bratseth-Kiplesund finished last". radioh.no. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Finnish stars Kosonen and Vanninen strike gold for the hosts in Espoo 2023". European Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.