Filip Ingebrigtsen

{{Short description|Norwegian middle-distance runner (born 1993)}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Filip_Ingebrigtsen.JPG | imagesize = | caption = Ingebrigtsen in 2014 | nationality = Norwegian | sport = Track and field | event = 1500 metres, mile | pb = '''1500 m''': 3:30.01<ref name="IAAF">{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/norway/filip-ingebrigtsen-274375 |author=IAAF |title=''Filip INGEBRIGTSEN - Athlete Profile''}}</ref> '''Mile''': 3:49.60<ref name="IAAF"/> '''5000 m''': 13:11.75<ref name="IAAF"/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|20|df=y}}<ref name="Olympedia"/> | birth_place = Sandnes, Norway | height = 1.89 m<ref name="Olympedia">{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/135338 |title=Filip Ingebrigtsen |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADmen |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref> | weight = 75 kg | education = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{NOR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2017 London|1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|European Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2016 Amsterdam|1500 m}} {{Medal|Competition|European Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Tilburg|Senior Men}} }}

'''Filip Mangen Ingebrigtsen''' (born 20 April 1993) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who represents Sandnes Idrettslag. In 2016, Ingebrigtsen became European Champion at 1500 meters during the European Championships in Amsterdam, and took bronze over the same distance at the World Championships in 2017 in London. He previously held the Norwegian 1500m record with the time 3:30.01, set at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on 20 July 2018. At the 2019 London Diamond League Ingebrigtsen finished second to Samuel Tefera in the mile. With a time of 3:49.60 Ingebrigtsen ran a national record and new personal best.

Ingebrigtsen was born in Sandnes. A member of the Ingebrigtsen family, his older brother Henrik and younger brother Jakob are also middle-distance runners. They were trained by their dad Gjert Ingebrigtsen until 2022.<ref>Thomas Brakstad (16 March 2016) [https://www.nrk.no/sport/xl/team-ingebrigtsen-1.12854996 Familien vinnervilje] NRK</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-19 |title=Meninger: Jakob, Henrik og Filip Ingebrigtsen om bruddet med Gjert Ingebrigtsen: Dette er vår historie |url=https://www.vg.no/i/dweX7w |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=VG |language=no}}</ref>

==Career==

=== 2011 === At the Norwegian Championship 2011 he finished fifth in the 800 meters with time 1.56.18. At the same meeting, he also was on the Sandnes Idrettslag team that won gold in the junior class. The others on the team were Kjartan Løvoll, Per Magne Florvaag and Marius Bakken Støle. In the terrain race he received NM medal, and won silver in the short run in NM in terrain race. In the long run (6 km) he finished fifth, and also got bronze in the relay, together with teammates Asle Rønning Tjelta and Ragnar Stølsmark.

=== 2012-2015 === In July 2012 he won gold at 1500 meters in junior NM in athletics in Sigdal. In August he finished third at 800 meters in the 2012 Norwegian Athletics Championships, with Thomas Roth winning and older brother Henrik finishing second. In the 2013 Norwegian Athletics Championship he won the 1500 meters, and also won gold on the 4 × 1500 meter relay in the NM.

At the 2014 European Athletics Championships, where he ran 3.41.06 for 1500 meters in the opening session, but did not reach the final. The following week he won two medals in the Norwegian Championship, coming second in the 1500 meters and third at 800 meters.

In the 2015 European Athletics Championships finished second in the 1500 meters behind Snorre Holtan Løken.

=== 2016 === In the 2016 European Athletics Championships, he won the 1500 meters, with his older brother Henrik in third place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filip Ingebrigtsen comes of age |url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/filip-ingebrigtsen-finally-comes-age |access-date=11 January 2022 |work=European Athletics |date=10 July 2016}}</ref> The week after, at the Diamond League meet in Monaco, and lowered his personal 1500 meters record to 3:33.72, finishing in 10th place. Ingebrigtsen represented Norway during the Rio Olympics in August, but was disqualified during the trial heat of the 1500 meters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: men's 1500m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/rio-2016-men-1500m-heats |access-date=11 January 2022 |work=World Athletics |date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

=== 2017 === In the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, Ingebrigtsen took the bronze medal at 1500 meters with time 3.34.53.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gretschel |first1=Johanna |title=Elijah Manangoi Restores Kenyan Pride With 1500m Win |url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/5967703-elijah-manangoi-restores-kenyan-pride-with-1500m-win |access-date=11 January 2022 |work=FloTrack |date=13 August 2017}}</ref>

=== 2018 === [[File:Jakob Ingebrigtsen at ECCC 2018.jpg|thumb|Filip at the 2018 European Cross Country Championships]] At the Diamond League in Monaco on 20 July 2018 Ingebrigtsen set a record of 1500 meters with a time of 3:30.01, which was the best time in Europe that year, and he became a favorite at that distance for the European Championship in Berlin. In the semi-finals, he fell and broke a rib, but got up, took the field again and qualified for the final. His injury affected his performance in the final, and he also had to withdraw from the 5000 meters final. His younger brother Jakob took gold at both distances, and his older brother Henrik took the silver at 5000 meters. The injury also troubled Ingebrigtsen during the NM a few weeks later, but he won the silver medal at 800 meters behind Thomas Roth.

=== 2019 === Some of Ingebrigtsen's performances during the 2019 season were controversial. In the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, he was disqualified in his 1500 meters heat for running off the track. His brother Jakob remarked that "It was the stupidest thing I'll see all year".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/european-indoor-championships/2019/athletics-news-stupid-filip-ingebrigtsen-disqualified-from-european-1500m-heat_sto7166204/story.shtml |title=Athletics news - 'Stupid' Filip Ingebrigtsen disqualified from European 1500m heat |website=Eurosport |date=1 March 2019 |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref> A few months later, at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Ingebrigtsen was seen to push another runner, Tedesse Lemi, causing him to fall, but he was not disqualified and proceeded to the semifinals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a29196099/2019-iaaf-world-championship-results/ |website=Runner's World |title=Highlights From the 2019 IAAF World Championships |author1=Sarah Lorge Butler |author2=Taylor Dutch |author3=Scott Douglas |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

=== 2020 === At the Millrose Games, Ingebrigtsen ran a 3:56.99 indoor mile to set a new national record. He also set personal bests in the 1500 meters (3:36.32) and 800 meters (1:49.56). Ingebrigtsen opened his outdoor season in the Impossible Games, running the 1000 meters in a national record of 2:16.46 and a 2000 meters in 4:56.91 just behind his brothers Henrik (4:53.72) and Jakob (4:50.01), running both events on the same day. He ran an 800-meter personal best of 1:46.74 3 weeks later. In August, Ingebrigtsen ran the 1500 meters at the Monaco Diamond League in 3:30.35 season best.

=== 2021 === Ingebrigtsen's 2021–2022 season was placed into jeopardy due to a reaction to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine but said that he would do it again.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bt.no/sport/i/oW9BRm/reaksjoner-paa-vaksinen-oedela-sesongen-for-ingebrigtsen |title=Reaksjoner på vaksinen ødela sesongen for Ingebrigtsen}}</ref> He struggled in training leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics and failed to qualify for the Olympic Men's 1500 m final after finishing tenth in his heat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Filip Ingebrigtsen utslagen av vaccinet |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/friidrott/filip-ingebrigtsen-utslagen-av-vaccinet |access-date=11 January 2022 |work=SVT Sport |date=17 October 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life == {{See also|Ingebrigtsen family}} In October 2023, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a statement accusing their father and former coach Gjert of "aggression, control, and physical violence", also saying that he "took the joy out of the sport they once loved". Gjert stopped coaching his sons in 2022, and was not accredited at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickinson |first=Marley |date=2023-10-19 |title=Ingebrigtsen brothers speak out against their father and former coach |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/ingebrigtsen-brothers-speak-out-against-their-father-and-former-coach/ |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Canadian Running Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Gjert would later be charged with seven counts of domestic abuse under Norwegian law in 2024. A trial investigating these claims began in March 2025, and lasted six weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gjert Ingebrigtsen To Stand Trial For Alleged Abuse In 2025 |url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/gjert-ingebrigtsen-stand-trial-alleged-abuse-2025 |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=CITIUS MAG |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2025 |title=Father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen denies abuse allegations as trial starts |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/father-jakob-ingebrigtsen-denies-abuse-allegations-trial-starts-2025-03-24/ |website=Reuters}}</ref> Over 30 witnesses were called, including all seven Ingebrigtsen siblings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tharme |first1=Liam |title=Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Olympic champion who will testify against the father he accuses of abuse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6215189/2025/03/24/ingebrigtsen-trial-jakob-olympic-champion/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324103921/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6215189/2025/03/24/ingebrigtsen-trial-jakob-olympic-champion/ |archive-date=24 March 2025 |access-date=25 March 2025 |publisher=The Athletic}}</ref> On 16 June, Gjert was convicted of abusing one of his children and was sentenced to a 15-day suspended prison sentence and pay NOK 10,000 ($1,010) in damages.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 June 2025 |title=Jakob Ingebrigtsen's father convicted of 1 count of minor assault, acquitted of other abuse charges |url=https://apnews.com/article/jakob-gjert-ingebrigtsen-trial-abuse-96b5605acb15764ced5fb7eece1ff8d9 |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=AP News}}</ref>

Ingebrigtsen and his brothers were the focus of several television programs, including ''Team Ingebrigtsen'' (2016-2021), and ''Ingebrigtsen: Born to Run'' (2024).<ref>{{Citation |title=Team Ingebrigtsen |date=2016-03-17 |type=Biography, Reality-TV |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5677376/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |publisher=Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK)}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Ingebrigtsen - Born to Run |date=2024-09-20 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33498743/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |publisher=Salto Film og Fjernsyn}}</ref>

In late July 2024, with the goal of getting Norwegians excited and confident in their athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics, Jakob, Filip, and Henrik Ingebrigtsen released a pop song known as ''Ingen gjør det bedre'' (Nobody Does It Better).<ref>{{cite web |title=The IngebritZ - Ingen gjør det bedre - Jacob, Henrik Filip Ingebrigtsen OL-Sang |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLWydLl9xA |publisher=NRK TV |via=YouTube}}</ref> They released this under the handle The IngebritZ.<ref>{{Cite web |last=LetsRun.com |date=2024-07-25 |title=Ingebrigtsen Brothers Release Single & Music Video To Get Norway Pumped For The Olympics |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/07/ingebrigtsen-brothers-release-single-music-video-to-get-norway-pumped-for-the-olympics/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Olympic Track Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen Weirdly Just Dropped the Song of the Summer |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a61727714/ingebrigtsen-brothers-pop-song/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Runner's World |language=en-US}}</ref>

In June 2025, the Ingebrigtsen brothers, along with Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal and Marthe Kristoffersen, launched the Spring Run Club, open to all individuals interested in learning more about running. Jakob Ingebrigtsen said the team wants "...to share our knowledge and help grow a global running movement, for everyone that loves running".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-11 |title=Ingebrigtsen launches own running team with brothers and Norwegian athletes |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/ingebrigtsen-launches-own-running-team-with-brothers-norwegian-athletes-2025-06-11/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{NOR}} |- |2011 |European Junior Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |25th (h) |800 m |1:54.20 |- |rowspan=2|2012 |rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain |29th (h) |800 m |1:50.74 |- |10th |1500 m |3:46.54 |- |rowspan=2|2013 |rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Tampere, Finland |7th (h) |800 m |1:48.57 |- |6th |1500 m |3:45.48 |- |2014 |European Championships |Zürich, Switzerland |17th (h) |1500 m |3:41.06 |- |2015 |European Indoor Championships |Prague, Czech Republic |24th (h) |1500 m |3:50.15 |- |rowspan=2|2016 |European Championships |Amsterdam, Netherlands |bgcolor=gold|1st |1500 m |3:46.65 |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | – |1500 m |DQ |- |rowspan=2|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |17th (h) |1500 m |3:51.25 |- |World Championships |London, Great Britain |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |1500 m |3:34.53 |- |rowspan=2|2018 |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |12th |1500 m |3:41.66 |- |European Cross Country Championships |Tilburg, Netherlands |bgcolor=gold|1st |Senior men |[http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2018/athletics/event/mens-senior/phase=atm300100/index.html?intcmp=%5B#%5D-schline-calltoaction 28:49] |- |rowspan=2|2019 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Doha, Qatar |14th (sf) |1500 m |3:37.00 |- |3rd (h) |5000 m |13:20.521 |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |20th (h) |1500 m |3:41.52 |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |21st (h) |1500 m |3:38.02 |- |2025 |European Indoor Championships |Apeldoorn, Netherlands |7th (h) |3000 m |7:51.76 |} 1Did not finish in the final

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Diamond League}} * {{European Athletics|14458705}} * {{Olympics.com|filip-ingebrigtsen}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Norway|friidrett/filip-ingebrigtsen}} * {{Instagram}}

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