Henriette Jæger
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2003-06-30) 30 June 2003
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 51.06m (Espoo, 2023) NR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Norway
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Espoo400 m
Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2019 BakuHeptathlon

Henriette Jæger (born 30 June 2003) is a Norwegian track and field athlete. She is a multiple time national champion, and former U18 world record holder. In 2023, she became the Norwegian record holder over 400 metres.[1]

Career

From Aremark,[2] Jæger was 14 years-old when she came third at the Norwegian senior indoor championships over 200 metres, in February 2018.[3] As a 14 year-old at the Baltic Athletics Championships in 2018, she broke the Norwegian record for girls aged 15 in the heptathlon, that had stood since 1986, with a score of 5352 points.[4] Competing in Fagernes in 2020 she broke 6000 points for the heptathlon for the first time.[5] In September 2020, she broke the world U18 Heptathlon record with 6301 points, surpassing María Vicente’s record score from 2008.[6][7]

Jæger set a new Norwegian U20 heptathlon record in Gotzis in May 2021 of 6154 points.[8]

Jæger finished in fourth place in the 400 meters at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia with a time of 52.23 seconds.[9]

Competing at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships held from in July 2023 in Espoo, Finland, she won a silver medal in the 400m after a close battle with Yemi Mary John, with Keely Hodgkinson in third.[10] Her time of 51.06s set a Norwegian record over the distance.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Henriette Jæger". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Larsen, Atle Wester (12 May 2018). "Ny norsk rekord på 60 meter". ha-halden.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Monsen, Anders Huun (4 February 2018). "Jakob Ingebrigtsen with the European junior record". friidrett.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Larsen, Atle Wester (18 May 2020). "Henriette (14) smashed a 32-year-old Norwegian record". ha-halden.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ↑ Monsen, Anders Huun (9 August 2020). "Fantastic delivered by Henriette Jæger". Friidrett.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Eriksrud Hansen, Ole Jonny (13 September 2020). "Henriette Jæger (17) set the U18 world record in heptathlon". nettavisen.no.
  7. ↑ Larsen, Anders Huun (13 September 2020). "Clear world record in the heptathlon by Henriette Jæger". Friidrett.no. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  8. ↑ Larsen, Anders Huun. "Henriette Jæger topped off a brilliant athletics weekend". Friidrett.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Henriette Jæger close to a sensational WC medal". no.glbnews. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Goss, Symone (14 July 2023). "Yemi Mary John and Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen win gold; bronze for Keely Hodgkinson in Espoo". World-Track. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Helle, Rune (17 July 2023). "Took Norway to the final: - I really delivered". Ringsaker-blad.no. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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