Sander Skotheim

Sander Aae Skotheim (born 31 May 2002) is a Norwegian multi-event athlete. He was a silver medalist at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Sander Skotheim
Skotheim in 2022
Personal information
Birth nameSander Aae Skotheim
NationalityNorwegian
Born (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)decathlon
ClubIL Koll
IK Tjalve
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Decathlon:: 8561 (Gotzis, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Norway
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 IstanbulHeptathlon
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 EspooDecathlon

Career

Skotheim won gold in Athletics at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in the decathlon in Baku, and silver at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships decathlon in Tallinn. In 2022, Stokheim won the senior indoor Norwegian championship in the heptathlon and individual indoor medals including the gold in the high jump, silver in the triple jump and bronze in the long jump. Stokheim also won gold in the senior outdoor Norwegian championships in 2022, triumphing in the 110 metres hurdles and the high jump.[2]

Whilst competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships Skotheim broke his personal best in the 100 metres, going under 11 seconds for the first time to set a new fastest time of 10.88 seconds. He also set a new personal best in the high jump as he reached a discipline winning mark of 2.17. After the first day of the event he was placed seventh overall before finishing fifteenth.[3]

At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships Skotheim finished with the silver medal in the heptathlon.[4] Competing at Gotzis in May 2023, he set a new personal best decathlon score of 8561. At the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships, in Espoo, Finland, he won the silver medal in the decathlon.[5]

References
  1. "Norges spenstfenomen Sander (20): – Ikke født sånn".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Skotheim på 7.-plass etter første dag av tikamp i friidretts-VM – perset på 100 meter og i høyde". Dagsavisen.no. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. "Athletics: Sander Aae Skotheim secured silver in the heptathlon at the European Indoor Championships". radioh.no. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. "European U23 Championships end on high with Rooth's decathlon triumph". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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