Isabelle Pedersen

Isabelle Pedersen

Isabelle Pedersen in 2015
Personal information
Full name Isabelle Sandstedt Pedersen
Nationality  Norway
Born (1992-01-27) January 27, 1992
Bergen, Norway
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb; 9.6 st)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m hurdles: 12.86 s (Beijing, 2015)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Norway
World Junior Championships
2010 Moncton 100 m hurdles
European Junior Championships
2011 Tallinn 100 m hurdles
2009 Novi Sad 100 m hurdles
World Youth Championships
2009 Brixen 100 m hurdles

Isabelle Pedersen (born January 27, 1992) is a Norwegian hurdling athlete. At the 2010 World Junior Championships, she won a gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles.

Career

At the 2009 World Youth Championships, Pedersen became the world champion in the 100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) in a time of 13.23. In the semifinals, she ran a 13.20 which was a European record for U18 class until 2011. At the 2010 World Junior Championships, Pedersen won the 100 meters hurdles in a time of 13.30 and in the process set a new Norwegian junior record. She was awarded the Karoline Price the same year.[1]

The following year, Pedersen won silver in the 100 meters hurdles at the 2011 European Junior Championships. She finished in 13.37 and was beaten by Finn Nooralotta Neziri by three hundredths of a second.[2] In 2011, Pedersen improved her Norwegian junior record with a time of 13.21.

At the 2012 European Championships in Helsinki, she was eliminated in the preliminary round of the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 13.38. During the 2012/13 indoor season, she managed to improve her personal record at the 2013 European Indoor Championships to 8.18 in the 60 metres hurdles and took the semifinals. In the outdoor season, she opened the season promising with a time of 13.06 in a strong tailwind. During the Bislett Games, she improved her personal best time of 13.16 seconds in the approved wind. During friidrettsgalaen in Mannheim, Germany, she further improved her personal record to 13.04. Thus, she qualified at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow (B standard). At the World Championships, she finished 30th overall with a time of 13.43 and did not advance past the heats. In July 2013, Pedersen competed at the 2013 European U23 Championships and won gold in the final with a time of 13.12, ahead of Pole Karolina Kolczek (13.30).[3]

At the 2014 European Team Championships, Pedersen won the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 13.18. At the 2015 European Indoor Championships, Pedersen finished 5th in the 60 metres hurdles with a time of 7.96.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Norway
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 12th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.82 (wind: -0.3m/s)
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.23
– Long jump DNS
European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.49
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 1st 100 m hurdles 13.30 (wind: +0.9m/s)
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.37
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 21st (h) 100 m hurdles 13.38
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 16th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.22
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st 100 m hurdles 13.12 (wind: -0.1m/s)
World Championships Moscow, Russia 30th (h) 100 m hurdles 13.43
2014 European Team Championships Braunschweig, Germany 1st 100 m hurdles 13.18
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 5th 60 m hurdles 7.96
World Championships Beijing, China 8th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.86
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 17th (sf) 100 m hurdles 13.20
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.88

References

  1. ↑ Isabelle was awarded Karoline Price - friidrett.no
  2. ↑ online newspaper - ' 'Two silver medals in junior Championship' ', visited 23 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Pedersen on gold after failure year: - A sick feeling! Broadcasting Corporation 13. July 2013
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