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Karsten Warholm
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1996-02-28 ) 28 February 1996 (age 30) , Ulsteinvik , Møre og Romsdal
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 78 kg (172 lb)
- Country
- Norway
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event s
- Hurdling , sprinting
- Club
- Dimna IL
- Coached by
- Leif Olav Alnes
- Olympic finals
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m hurdles, 10th (sf) 2020 Tokyo 400 m hurdles, Gold 2024 Paris 400 m hurdles, Silver
- World finals
- 2017 London 400 m hurdles, Gold 2019 Doha 400 m hurdles, Gold 2023 Budapest 400 m hurdles, Gold
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (400 m hurdles, 2023)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Ulsteinvik
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- Oslo Metropolitan University
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Norway
- Mass
- 78
- Official website
- www.karstenwarholm.no
- Image
- 2022-08-19 European Championships 2022 – Men's 400 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank–031.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- date of birth
- 1996-02-28
- sports discipline competed in
- 400 metres hurdles
- Commons category
- Karsten Warholm
- social media followers
- 25064
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- name in native language
- Karsten Warholm
- sponsor
- Red Bull GmbH
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Encyclopedic overview
Karsten Warholm ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈkɑʂtɛn ˈvɑ:rhɔ̂ɫm]; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 m hurdles. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, silver medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, three-time world champion and world record holder in the latter event.
Warholm has won gold for the 400 m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2023, as well as the 2018, 2022, and 2024 European Athletics Championships. He is the first athlete ever to win three 400 m hurdles events at the World Championships. Warholm is a three-time Diamond League 400 m hurdles champion. In 2021, he was voted World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year.
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