Karsten Warholm No Pain No Gain

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Karsten Warholm (born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian athlete who competes in the sprints and hurdles. He has won gold in the 400 m hurdles at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, and at the 2018 European Championships. He competed in the octathlon as a youth, winning gold at the 2013 World Youth Championships.

Warholm holds the Norwegian record in the 400 m and the European record in the 400 m hurdles with times of 44.87 seconds and 46.87 seconds, respectively. Warholm's time of 46.87 seconds for the 400 m hurdles is the second fastest time in history, bettered only by Kevin Young's 1992 world record.
Personal bests
Surface Event Time Date Location Notes
Outdoor 100 m 10.52 28 May 2016 Lillestrøm, Norway
200 m 21.09
21.00 w 4 June 2016
12 June 2015 Florø, Norway
Bærum, Norway
Wind-assisted
300 m 32.69 22 August 2018 Bergen, Norway NB
400 m 44.87 10 June 2017 Florø, Norway NR
300 m hurdles 33.78 11 June 2020 Oslo, Norway WB[note 1]
400 m hurdles 46.87 23 August 2020 Stockholm, Sweden ER, #2 all-time
Indoor 60 m 6.75 28 January 2017 Florø, Norway
100 m 10.49 28 January 2017 Florø, Norway
200 m 20.91 5 February 2017 Ulsteinvik, Norway
400 m 45.05 2 March 2019 Glasgow, Scotland ER
nternational championship results
Year Championship Position Event Time/
Points Venue Notes
Representing Norway and Europe Europe (Continental Cup only)
2013 World Youth Championships 1st Octathlon 6451 Donetsk, Ukraine
15th Medley relay 1:56.92 [17]
2014 World Junior Championships 10th Decathlon 7551 Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
11th 4×100 m relay 40.62 [18]
European Championships 31st 400 m 46.73 Zürich, Switzerland [19]
2015 European Team Championships 11th 4×400 m relay 3:10.65 Cheboksary, Russia [20]
European Junior Championships 2nd 400 m 46.50 Eskilstuna, Sweden
2nd Decathlon 7764
2016 European Championships 6th 400 m hurdles 49.82 Amsterdam, Netherlands
16th 4×400 m relay 3:10.76 [21]
Olympic Games 10th 400 m hurdles 48.81 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [22]
2017 European U23 Championships 2nd 400 m 45.75 Bydgoszcz, Poland
1st 400 m hurdles 48.37 Bydgoszcz, Poland
World Championships 1st 400 m hurdles 48.35 London, England
2018 European Championships 1st 400 m hurdles 47.64 Berlin, Germany
8th 400 m 46.68
Continental Cup 3rd 400 m hurdles 48.56 Ostrava, Czech Republic
2019 European Indoor Championships 1st 400 m 45.05 Glasgow, Scotland
World Championships 1st 400 m hurdles 47.42 Doha, Qatar
Circuit wins
Diamond League (400 m hurdles; Other events specified in parenthesis)
Overall winner: 2019[23]
Oslo: 2017 2019
Stockholm: 2017, 2019, 2020 (400 m & 400 m hurdles)
London: 2018, 2019
Paris: 2019
Zürich: 2019
Monaco: 2020
Rome: 2020