Tonje Angelsen

Tonje Angelsen

Angelsen after winning the silver medal at the 2012 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990
Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country  Norway
Club Trondheim Friidrett
Now coaching by Roger Hollup
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) High jump (outdoor): 1.97 m
High jump (indoor): 1.93 m

Tonje Angelsen (born 17 January 1990) is a Norwegian high jumper. Angelsen was considered a promising high jumper when she set a Norwegian age record at 1.82 m 16 years old (2006). Her career stalled somewhat because of injury until 2009. In 2010 and 2011 she qualified to several international championships but did not make it to the finals. In January 2012 she managed a personal best of 1.93 m indoors. At meeting in Oslo on 24 May she jumped to a new personal best outdoors of 1.95 m which was also the qualifying height for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

On 28 June 2012 she won a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki by jumping a height of 1.97 m, a new personal best.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Norway
2006 World Junior Championships Beijing, China 22nd (q) 1.74 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 28th (q) 1.70 m
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 16th (q) 1.73 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 20th (q) 1.87 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th (q) 1.92 m
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 4th 1.92 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 23rd (q) 1.85 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 15th (q) 1.88 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 1.97 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 28th (q) 1.85 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 9th 1.90 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 32nd (q) 1.80 m


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