Simen Guttormsen

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Simen Guttormsen
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Guttormsen at the 2022 Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Norway.svg   Norway
Born19 January 2001 (24 years, 56 days old) [1]
Home town Ski, Norway [2]
Education Davis Senior High School [3] [2]
Princeton University
Duke University
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight161 lb (73 kg) [4]
Relative Sondre Guttormsen (brother) [2]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Pole vault
College team Princeton Tigers [2] Duke Blue Devils [5]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
  • Pole vault
  •  • Outdoor: 5.72m (2022)
  •  • Indoor: 5.71m (2025)
Updated on 16 March 2025

Simen Guttormsen (born 19 January 2001) is a Norwegian olympic pole vaulter and graduate student at Duke University. He is the brother of Olympic pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen.

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Career

Simen Guttormsen first gained international experience in 2018 when he competed at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, where he was eliminated in the qualification rounds with a clearance of 4.55 m. The following year, he reached the final at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, but failed at his chosen starting height. That same year, he also began competing on the Princeton Tigers track and field team. In 2021, he failed to make a valid attempt in the qualifying round at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.

In 2021, Guttormsen won the Norwegian Athletics Championships pole vault, his first senior national title. [1] He got his second national title in the Norwegian Athletics Championship in 2024.

He missed qualifying for the final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene with a height of 5.65 m. He also was eliminated in the qualifying round with a height of 5.50 m at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in München in August. [1]

In 2024 Simen competed in the European championship in Rome were he was eliminated in the qualifying round. Later the same year he competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics placing 15 in the qualifying round.

At the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Guttormsen won the national title with a new indoor PB of 5.71 m. [6]

Personal life

Guttormsen is from Ski, Norway, and his father Atle Guttormsen claims that he can trace his family lineage back to the 17th century. He was introduced to the pole vault at 4 years old. Though his father was a hurdler, both Guttormsen and his older brother Sondre are pole vaulters. Before his collegiate career at Princeton University, Guttormsen attended Davis Senior High School in California. [4]

Statistics

Personal bests

EventMarkPlaceCompetitionVenueDate
Pole vault (indoors)5.71 mGold medal icon.svgNCAA DI Indoor Championships Virginia Beach, Virginia 14 March 2025
Pole vault (outdoors)5.72 mBronze medal icon.svgTäby Stavhoppsgala Täby, Sweden 28 June 2022

References

  1. 1 2 3 Simen Guttormsen at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Simen Guttormsen - Men's Track and Field". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Simen Guttormsen at MileSplit
  4. 1 2 "Feature Story: The Guttormsen Brothers And The Crazy Event They've Mastered". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sumen Guttormsen" . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Guttormsen Wins National Championship in Men's Pole Vault". goduke.com. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
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