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| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Steeplechase, cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:29.12 (Bergen, 2022) 5km: 13:42 (Monaco, 2022) 10km: 29:01 (Århus, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Axel Vang Christensen (born 30 July 2004) is a Danish track and field athlete and cross-country runner. He is the 2021 and 2023 European Cross Country U20 champion. [1]
Christensen was brought up in Hillerod, to the north of Copenhagen. He started running initially just in order to increase his fitness for football. However, he won an under-age national title when 11 years-old and changed his focus to athletics. [2] He attended the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of Will Barnicoat. [3]
In 2021 he won silver in the 3000 Metres Steeplechase at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn. [4] He won the U20 race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [5]
In 2021, he also won the Danish national championships over 10k, and retained the title in 2022, finishing a minute ahead of Thijs Nijhuis. In 2022, in Lillesø, he beat the Jakob Ingebrigtsen's U20 European record for 3000 meters indoors. [6] He competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, however he picked up an injury during the race and could not complete the course. [7]
In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Brussels, finishing strongly ahead of Niels Laros and Nick Griggs. [8]
In November 2024, Christensen defended his title in the senior men’s race at the Danish Cross Country Championships in Odense. [9] In December 2024, he won a bronze medal in the U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [10]
On 29 March 2025, he finished in third place at the Danish 10km Road Running Championships, in Århus, running a time of 29:38. [11]
