Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Explained

Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
Birth Date:14 June 1990
Birth Place:Ålesund, Norway
Height:1.67 m
Weight:52 kg[1]
Country:Norway
Sport:Athletics
Event:Middle-, Long-distance running; 3000 m steeplechase
Club:IK Tjalve
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Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (born 14 June 1990) is a Norwegian middle-, long-distance and steeplechase runner. She won bronze medals for the 10,000 metres at the 2016 European Championships, and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2018 European Championships. Grøvdal earned nine individual medals at the European Cross Country Championships, an unsurpassed record by a female athlete in the meet history.[2] [3]

In 2007, she won the bronze medal in the 2000 m steeplechase at the World Youth Championships and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the European Junior Championships. At the 2009 European Junior Championships, she won gold for two events: 5000 m and 3000 m steeplechase. Grøvdal represented Norway at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as at nine World Athletics Championships. She holds four Norwegian records (One mile, indoor 3000 m, 5000 m, 3000 m steeplechase) plus two bests (2000 m, 2000 m steeplechase). She won 17 individual senior national titles.

Career

Karoline Grøvdal gained her first international experience as a 16-year-old in June 2006, winning 3000 m steeplechase race at the European Cup Second League held in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. In August that year, she placed fifth in the event at the World Under-20 Championships, and in December, she capped her season with the silver medal for the U20 race at the European Cross Country Championships.

In June 2007, still 16, Grøvdal broke Norwegian senior records in the 3000 m steeplechase in Neerpelt, Belgium with a time of 9:33.19. The following month, she finished third in the 2000 m steeplechase at the World U18 Championships, and won the 3000 m steeplechase event at the European U20 Championships, breaking the European under-20 record.[4]

In 2009, after she won three gold medals altogether at the European Junior and Cross Country Championships (U20 race), she was voted European Athletics Female Rising Star of the Year.

Injuries and illness characterized the start of Grøvdal's senior career. She started to achieve better results from 2015.

At senior level, she won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships, bronze in 10,000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, bronze medals at 2016, 2017, 2018 European Cross Country Championships, bronze in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships, silver at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships, and eventually a gold at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships.[5] She defended her European cross country title in 2022. In December 2023 she won a gold medal at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, her third title in a row.[6]

Grøvdal competed at the 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.[7] She qualified for the final in 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8]

In June 2016 at the home Bislett Games in Oslo, at about two months before the Rio Summer Olympics, Grøvdal broke Grete Waitz' 38-year-old Norwegian mile record with a time of 4:26.23.

During 2021 she improved her personal bests at several distances, including 1500, 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.[9] Participating in a Diamond League event in Brussels in September, she set her personal best at the 5000 metres in a time of 14:43.26.[10] She beat that mark on the Diamond circuit at the home Bislett Games in Oslo the following year, breaking Ingrid Kristiansen’s almost 36-year-old Norwegian record by six seconds with a time of 14:31.07.[11]

Statistics

International competitions

2006European Cup Second LeagueBanská Bystrica, Slovakiabgcolor=gold1st3000 m s'chase10:17.27
World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China5th3000 m s'chase10:00.44
European Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Giorgio su Legnano, Italybgcolor=silver2ndXC 4.1 km U2012:36
2007European Cup First LeagueVaasa, Finlandbgcolor=silver2nd5000 m15:56.62
World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic3rd2000 m s'chase6:25.30
European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlandsbgcolor=gold1st3000 m s'chase9:44.34
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan27th (h)3000 m s'chase9:56.41
2009European Team Championships First LeagueBergen, Norway3rd5000 m
3rd3000 m s'chase
European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbiabgcolor=gold1st5000 m15:45.45
bgcolor=gold1st3000 m s'chase9:43.69
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany32nd (h)3000 m s'chase9:48.47
European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin, Irelandbgcolor=gold1stXC 4.039 km U2014:10
2010World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland–Senior raceDNF
European Team Championships Super LeagueBergen, Norway3rd5000 m15:25.40 PB
7th3000 m s'chase9:47.92
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain10th5000 m15:41.42
–10,000 mDNF
2011European Team Championships First LeagueIzmir, Turkeybgcolor=silver2nd5000 m15:44.92
bgcolor=silver2nd3000 m s'chase9:46.07
European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic– (f)3000 m s'chaseDNS
2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom27th (h)5000 m15:24.86
2013European Team Championships Super LeagueGateshead, United Kingdom8th5000 m15:48.21
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia13th5000 m15:48.87
European Cross Country ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5thXC 8.0 km26:52
2014World Half Marathon ChampionshipsCopenhagen, Denmark20thHalf marathon1:10:53
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland13th5000 m15:52.78
2015European Team Championships Super LeagueCheboksary, Russiabgcolor=silver2nd1500 m4:16.22
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China20th (h)5000 m16:02.20
European Cross Country ChampionshipsHyères, France3rdXC 8.087 km25:57
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rd10,000 m31:23.45
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil7th5000 m14:57.53
9th10,000 m31:14.07
European Cross Country ChampionshipsChia, Italy3rdXC 7.97 km25:26
2017European Team Championships First LeagueVaasa, Finland7th1500 m4:18.24
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom31st (h)1500 m4:09.56
– (f)5000 mDNF
European Cross Country ChampionshipsŠamorín, Slovakia3rdXC 8.23 km27:04
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany3rd3000 m s'chase9:24.46
European Cross Country ChampionshipsTilburg, Netherlands3rdXC 8.3 km26:07
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5th3000 m8:52.12
European Team Championships First LeagueSandnes, Norway8th1500 m4:53.78
bgcolor=gold1st3000 m9:45.20
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar– (h)5000 mDNF
13th3000 m s'chase9:29.41
European Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugalbgcolor=silver2ndXC 8.3 km27:07
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan14th5000 m15:09.37
– (f)10,000 mDNF
European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin, Irelandbgcolor=gold1stXC 8.0 km26:34
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States8th5000 m14:57.62
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany– (f)5000 mDNF
European Cross Country ChampionshipsTurin, Italybgcolor=gold1stXC 7.662 km26:25
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary20th (h)5000 m15:08.96
2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italybgcolor=silver2nd5000 m14:38:62

Personal bests

Road

National track titles

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034528/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/karoline-bjerkeli-grovdal-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. Web site: Mills . Steven . 2022-12-08 . Preview Reigning champion Grøvdal renews rivalry with Can and Klosterhalfen in La Mandria Park . 2022-12-08 . . en.
  3. Web site: Minshull . Phil . 2022-12-11 . Report Grøvdal shows her technical strength to retain her title . 2022-12-11 . . en.
  4. Encyclopedia: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal . Tor Håkon . Solheim . Rolf . Bryhn . . Bolstad . Erik . Norsk nettleksikon . Oslo . no . 5 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Crumley . Euan . 2021-12-12 . Dublin brings Euro Cross delight . 2021-12-12 . . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Grovdal and Schrub win European cross titles in Brussels . worldathletics.org . 10 December 2023 . 12 December 2023.
  7. Web site: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal . olympedia.org . 5 September 2021.
  8. News: Klar for OL-finale:  - Hadde nesten ikke lyst . Petter . Fredheim . Fredrik . Fjellvang . tv2.no . 2 August 2024 . 2 August 2024 . no.
  9. Web site: Henderson . Jason . 2021-05-01 . Karoline Grøvdal runs 14:39 5km in Norway . 2021-05-01 . AW.
  10. News: Svarte kritikerne etter personlig rekord: – Mange som tror jeg er lite offensiv . Anders . Skjerdingstad . no . 3 September 2021 . 3 September 2021 .
  11. Web site: Henderson . Jason . 2022-06-16 . Hodgkinson and Muir one-two in Oslo 800m . 2022-06-16 . AW.
  12. Web site: 2024-03-17 . Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Breaks Third Place Streak At United Airlines NYC Half Marathon . 2024-04-01 . en-US.

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