Personal information | |
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Full name | Thomas Arne Roth |
Born | Sand, Akershus, Norway | 11 February 1991
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 metres |
Club | Ullensaker/Kisa IL |
Thomas Arne Roth (born 11 February 1991 in Sand) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. [2] He reached the final at the 2012 European Championships finishing eighth.
His brother, Andreas, is also a runner.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Norway | |||||
2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 12th (sf) | 800 m | 1:51.53 |
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 14th (sf) | 800 m | 1:49.39 |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 21st (h) | 800 m | 1:51.91 |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 800 m | 1:49.54 |
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 10th (h) | 800 m | 1:48.88 |
– | 4 × 400 m relay | DNF | |||
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 23rd (h) | 800 m | 1:48.86 |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 17th (h) | 800 m | 1:49.73 |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th (sf) | 800 m | 1:46.60 |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 28th (h) | 800 m | 1:50.42 |
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