Ida Andrea Breigan

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Ida Andrea Breigan
Personal information
Born (2004-07-22) 22 July 2004 (age 20)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 6.74 m (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Bergen Long jump

Ida Andrea Breigan (born 22 July 2004) is a Norwegian long jumper. She is the Norwegian national indoor record holder. [1]

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Early life

She is from Fredrikstad. Her father, Bo Breigan, was a Norwegian 800 metres champion and her mother, Mimi Storm-Hansen, was a Norwegian high jump champion. [2]

Career

After high school she studied at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States, where she was coached by former World Championship silver medalist Kareem Streete-Thompson. [3] She became Norwegian champion both indoors and outdoors in 2023. [3] In February 2024, she broke Berit Berthelsen's 57-year-old Norwegian record for the indoor long jump whilst competing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and improved her own record to 6.58 metres two weeks later in Birmingham, Alabama. [4] [5] [6]

She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor in June 2025, finishing second overall with a jump of 6.60 metres. [7] She was selected to represent her country at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, winning the bronze medal with a jump of 6.58 metres. [8] [9]

References

  1. "Ida Andrea Breigan". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. "Arvet både fart og spenst". Dagsavien.no. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 "New rule sparks outrage: – Shocking and strange". nrk.no. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. "Record-breaking Ida was about to give up: – Incredibly tired". tv2.no. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  5. "Norwegian record again for Ida Andrea Breigan". vg.no. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  6. "Ida Breigan hoppet 6,52 i lengde – slo Berthelsens innendørsrekord fra 1967". folkebladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  7. "Eurorpean Athletics Team Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. Mills, Steven (12 July 2025). "Bergen 2025 - Women's Field Preview". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  9. "Lengdehopper Ida Andrea Breigan tok bronse i U23-EM". fvn.no. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.