Lakeri Ertzgaard

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Lakeri Ertzgaard
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Personal information
Full nameAstri Ayo Lakeri Ertzgaard
Born (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best400m: 51.92 (2025)

Lakeri Ertzgaard (born 28 March 2002) is a Norwegian sprinter. She has won Norwegian national titles over 400 metres both indoors and outdoors, and competed at the 2022 and 2025 World Athletics Championships. [1]

Biography

She is the daughter of athlete John Ertzgaard and actress Asta Busingye Lydersen  [ no ]. Her sister Kaitesi Ertzgaard is also an athlete. [2] She competed for Norway in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. [3] [4]

Competing for Norway at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in July 2023, she qualified for the final of the 400 metres, placing seventh overall. [5] [6]

She won the Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in February 2024. [7] She was a member of the Norwegian team at the at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas with Amalie Iuel, Henriette Jaeger and Josefine Tomine Eriksen. [8]

She competed for Norway at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024; reaching the semi-finals of the individual 400 metres and also running as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team. [9] [10]

She competed over 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. [11] [12] She won the Norwegian Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in August 2025. [13]

She was a member of the Norwegian 4 x 400 metres team which qualified for the final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing sixth overall. [14]

References

  1. "Astri Ertzgaard". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. "Bydel Nordstrand, Bydel Østensjø - Dette er våre lokale OL-deltakere". Nordstands Blad. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  3. "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022". World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  4. "Kvart-verdaling med da Norge ble klare for OL-stafett". Inharred.no. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. "Hodgkinson, John, Sedney advance to 400m final: European U23 Athletics Championships". World-Track. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  6. "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  7. "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  8. "Fresh off qualifying for the Olympics, Josefine Eriksen leads Utes into NCAA track championships". Deseret. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  11. "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  12. "The Norwegian Athletics Federation has selected the following athletes for the European Indoor Championships to be held in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, 6 to 9 March 2025:". sportsidioten.no. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  13. "Norwegian Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  14. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.