Ole Jakob Solbu

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Ole Jakob Solbu
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2024 by Stein Langørgen
Personal information
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2003-08-19) 19 August 2003 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:45.55 (Belfast, 2024)

Ole Jakob Solbu (born 19 August 2003) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. He is a multiple time national champion over 800 metres. He has competed at multiple major championships for Norway, including the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [1]

Career

He is from Ås, Akershus. [2] He finished in fourth place in the final of the 800 metres at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships, in Tallinn, Estonia. [3]

He won his first national title at the Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships over 800 metres in February 2023. [4] He competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, but did not progress to the semi-finals. [5]

He won the won the national 800 metres at the Bislett Games in Oslo in a time of 1:47.26 in June 2023. [6] He won the Norwegian Athletics Championships over 800 metres outdoors in July 2023, running a time of 1:49.40. [7] He competed at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships finishing eighth in the final held in Espoo, Finland, with a time of 1:51.73. [8] [9] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he led his heat at the half-way point before fading out of the qualifing positions [10]

He won the Norwegian national indoor title over 800 metres in February 2024. [11] He ran new a personal best time in May 2024 at the Belfast Milers Meet, running a time of 1:45.55 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [12] He qualified for the final in the 800 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, in June 2024, finishing in eighth place overall. [13] [14] [15]

References

  1. "Ole Jacob Solbu". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. "Favorite Ole Jakob Solbu fulfilled his promise and took the Norwegian National Championships gold in the 800 m". Kondis.no (in Norwegian). 18 Feb 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. "Ole Jakob Høsteland Solbu went all out in today's 800 meter final" (in Norwegian). 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. "Ole Jakob Solbu won his first NM gold in the 800 m". Kondis (in Norwegian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. "European Athletics Indoor Championships 2023 Men's 800m Results". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. "Ole Jakob Solbu took a clear victory in the 800 meters at Bislett". Kondis (in Norwegian). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  7. "Norwegian Championships". World Athletics. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  8. "Friidrett: Solbu til finalen på 800 meter i U23-EM". Folkebladet.no. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  9. "European U23 Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. "Ole Jakob Solbu led the 800 m trial in 400 meters - then his strength ran out". kondis.no. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  11. "Ny NM-tittel for Ole Jakob (21)". aasaavis.no. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  12. "Teenager Phoebe Gill bursts on the scene with outstanding 800m run in Belfast". Irish News. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  13. "Ole Jakob Solbu til semifinale på 800 meter". nettavisen. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  14. "Men 800m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  15. "Ole Jakob (20) til EM-finale!!!". aasavis. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.