Henrik Flåtnes Explained

Henrik Flåtnes
Nationality:Norwegian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Long Jump, Triple jump
Birth Date:26 December 2001
Pb:Long jump: 7.96 (Espoo, 2023)
Triple jump: 15.97 (Espoo, 2023)

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

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]

Notes and References

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