Casper Stornes

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'''Casper Stornes''' (born 6 February 1997) is a Norwegian triathlete and Ironman World Champion, competing at short course (sprint and standard distance), 70.3 (half-Ironman) and 140.6 (Ironman) distances. He won the Ironman World Championship in 2025, becoming one of the leading Norwegian athletes in long-distance triathlon.<ref name="imwc2025">{{cite web |title=2025 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship Results |url=https://www.ironman.com/im-world-championship-results |publisher=Ironman |access-date=27 March 2026 }}</ref>

Stornes first rose to prominence after winning the World Triathlon Championship Series race in Bermuda in 2018, finishing ahead of compatriots Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden.<ref name="bermuda2018results">{{cite web |title=2018 World Triathlon Bermuda Results |url=https://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2018_itu_world_triathlon_bermuda/321085 |publisher=World Triathlon |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref> The result marked the first time athletes from a single nation swept the podium in a World Triathlon Series event.<ref name="bermuda2018article">{{cite web |title=Norway sweeps WTS Bermuda podium |url=https://www.triathlete.com/culture/news/norway-sweeps-wts-bermuda-podium/ |publisher=Triathlete |date=28 April 2018 |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref>

==Career==

Stornes is part of the successful Norwegian triathlon training group alongside Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden. He achieved his first major international victory at the 2018 World Triathlon Championship Series race in Bermuda, leading a historic Norwegian 1–2–3 finish.<ref name="bermuda2018results"/>

In 2018, Stornes also finished third at the Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship in Bahrain.<ref name="bahrain2018">{{cite web |title=IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain 2018 Results |url=https://www.ironman.com/im703-bahrain-results |publisher=Ironman |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref> The following year, he repeated this result with another bronze medal at the 2019 edition of the same race.<ref name="bahrain2019">{{cite web |title=IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain 2019 Results |url=https://www.ironman.com/im703-bahrain-results |publisher=Ironman |access-date=1 July 2020 }}</ref>

During this period, Stornes competed regularly on the World Triathlon Championship Series circuit, achieving several top finishes and establishing himself among the leading Norwegian triathletes of his generation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Casper Stornes Athlete Profile |url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/39386/casper_stornes |publisher=World Triathlon |access-date=27 March 2026 }}</ref>

After the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Stornes continued to compete at both short- and middle-distance events, including World Triathlon races, Super League Triathlon, and Ironman 70.3 competitions.

Stornes won a gold medal in the mixed relay at the 2023 European Games in Kraków-Małopolska.<ref name="eg2023">{{cite web |title=Triathlon Mixed Relay Results – 2023 European Games |url=https://results.european-games.org/EG2023/ENG/results/triathlon/results-mixed-relay-fnl-000100-.htm |publisher=European Games 2023 |access-date=27 March 2026 }}</ref>

In 2024, he won a bronze medal at the European Triathlon Championships in Vichy.<ref name="euro2024">{{cite web |title=2024 Europe Triathlon Championships Vichy Results |url=https://triathlon.org/results/result/2024_europe_triathlon_championships_vichy |publisher=World Triathlon |access-date=27 March 2026 }}</ref>

In 2025, Stornes achieved the biggest victory of his career by winning the Ironman World Championship in Nice.<ref name="imwc2025"/> The victory formed part of a Norwegian podium sweep at the Ironman World Championship, with compatriots Gustav Iden and Kristian Blummenfelt also finishing on the podium, marking a historic achievement for Norway in long-distance triathlon. Later in 2025, Stornes achieved a podium finish at the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, placing third in the elite men's race.<ref name="703worlds2025">{{cite web |title=IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship 2025 Results |url=https://www.ironman.com/proseries/races/im703-world-championship-men/results |publisher=Ironman |access-date=27 March 2026 }}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Triathlon}} * {{Olympics.com|casper-stornes}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Norway|triatlon/casper-stornes}} * {{Instagram}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stornes, Casper}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian male triathletes Category:Norwegian men long-distance runners Category:Olympic triathletes for Norway Category:Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Norwegian sportsmen Category:European Games gold medalists for Norway Category:European Games medalists in triathlon Category:Triathletes at the 2023 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2023 European Games