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Pernille Karlsen Antonsen

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Pernille Karlsen Antonsen
Pernille Karlsen Antonsen
Personal information
Born (2002-12-13) 13 December 2002 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Middle-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 1:58.52 (2026)
Indoor
800m: 2:00.77 (2026) NR

Pernille Karlsen Antonsen (born 13 December 2002) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. She has won multiple Norwegian national titles and is the national record holder over 800 metres indoors.[1]

Biography

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A member of IL Norna-Salhus,[2] on 17 February 2024, she won the 800 metres title at the Norwegian Indoor Championships.[3] In April 2025, she won the Norwegian short course cross country championships title. The following month, Antonsen improved Hedda Hynne's Norwegian national record time in the 600 metres by 37 hundredths when she ran 1:26.53 in Pliezhausen, Germany.[4] In August 2025, she won the 800 metres title at the Norwegian Championships.[5]

Antonsen set a new Norwegian national indoor record with a time of 2:00.89, three hundredths of a second faster than the previous Norwegian record set by Hedda Hynne in 2021, whilst competing at the Indoor Copernicus Cup in Toruń, Poland in February 2026.[6][7]

On 1 March 2026, she won the 800 metres title at the Norwegian Indoor Championships.[8][9] She was subsequently selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, running a new new indoor national record of 2:00.77 in advancing to the semi-finals of the 800 metres.[10][11] In May, she won the 800 metres at the Trond Mohn Games in Bergen, running 2:00.85.[12] On 7 June, she ran a personal best 1:58.82 for the 800 metres at the 2026 Diamond League event in Stockholm.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ "Pernille Karlsen Antonsen". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Three Norwegian middle-distance runners at the World Indoor Championships in Poland". Kondis. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Norwegian best time in 600 m by Pernille Karlsen Antonsen". Kondis. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Norwegian Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "New Norwegian record in 800 meters for Pernille Karlsen Antonsen". Kondis. 23 Feb 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Antonsen satte norsk rekord i Polen – Guttormsen vant stav". Radioh.no. 22 Feb 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Pernille Karlsen Antonsen innfridde med NM-gull på 800 meter". Kondis. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 20 March 2026. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Guttormsen is chasing new giant leaps in the Indoor World Championships – these represent Norway". vg.no. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (28 May 2026). "35.49! Jaeger just shy of European best at Trond Mohn Games as men's hammer impresses". European Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Results - Stockholm Diamond League (BAUHAUS-Galan) 2026". Watch Athletics. 7 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
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