Margrethe Renstrøm

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Margrethe Renstrøm
Personal information
Born (1985-03-21) 21 March 1985 (age 39)
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Medal record
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Helsinki Long jump

Margrethe Renstrøm (born 21 March 1985) is a

Bislett stadion
.

Early life and career

She hails from Søgne,[1] and represented the club Søgne IL in her early career. This is the same club that Kristen Fløgstad, the Norwegian record holder in the men's long jump, once belonged to.

At the 2001

2003 European Junior Championships,[4] having registered 12.70 in the qualification and 12.78 in the final round.[3] In the period before 2005 she won two Norwegian national titles in the long jump; in 2002 and 2003.[5]

Her personal best remained 6.15 for many years, as she registered 6.08 metres in 2002, 6.10 metres in 2003, 6.06 metres in 2004 and 6.11 metres in 2005.[4][6] In the triple jump she recorded 12.88 metres in 2003, only 12.03 metres in 2005 before soaring back to 13.03 metres in 2006.[4] Also, in June 2001 she achieved 1.69 metres in the high jump, an all-time best for her.[7] She has a personal best in the 100 metres hurdles of 14.39 seconds, achieved on Nadderud stadion in June 2002.[8]

In the autumn of 2004 she moved to

physiotherapy.[1] Her father is a coach in Kristiansand-based club Kristiansands IF.[11]

Later career

Post-teenage years

In 2005, she won her third national long jump title,[5] and also the bronze medal in the triple jump.[12] In 2006, she had her second outing in the European Cup (in the Second League), and she performed well for the Norwegian team with one second place and one third place. In 2007, she competed at the European U23 Championships, where she qualified for the final with a 6.27 m leap, but then only managed 6.10 to finish eleventh.[3]

Between 2006 and 2008 she won five national gold medals, taking doubles in long and triple jump in both 2006 and 2007. Also she won the long jump gold medal in 2008. Her strongest rival was heptathlete Ida Marcussen, whom she beat with only three centimetres in 2005 and six centimetres in 2006.[5][12] She has one medal in the standing long jump a silver medal which she won at the 2006 Norwegian Indoor Championships behind Stine Kufaas.[13] Her three long jump golds all came with personal best jumps; 6.32 metres in 2006 and 6.33 metres in both 2007 and 2008. She jumped 13.25 in winning the 2006 national triple jump title at Bislett stadion, and this still stands as her career best.[4]

Breakthrough

In 2009, she improved her personal best again. She started with 6.18 and 6.23, and then achieved 6.36 metres during the

Kjersti Tysse Plätzer.[15] Following the record jump she competed at the 2009 World Championships. With a jump of 6.31 metres in the qualification she failed to reach the final.[4]

References

References
  1. ^ a b c d Thoresen, Thore-Erik (2009). "Våkenatt etter rekordhoppet". Friidrett (in Norwegian). No. 4. pp. 34–35.
  2. ^ "European Youth Olympic Festival". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Norwegian international athletes – R". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e Margrethe Renstrøm at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ a b c "Norwegian Championships medalists, women's long jump". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Norwegian athletics statistics 2003, women's jumping events". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Norwegian all-time statistics, women's high jump". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Norwegian all-time statistics, women's 100 metres hurdles". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  9. ^ a b Gulbrandsen, Christine (2005). "Flere ben å stå på". Friidrett (in Norwegian). No. 3. p. 18.
  10. ^ Aasbø, Henrik (2005). "Høydejenter får et løft". Friidrett (in Norwegian). No. 4. p. 42.
  11. ^ Drangsholt, Åge Harald (30 July 2009). "Mot nye lengder". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  12. ^ a b "Norwegian Championships medalists, women's triple jump". Norwegian Athletics. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  13. ^ "Norwegian Championships medalists, women's standing long jump". Norwegian Athletics. Retrieved 11 February 2010. [dead link]
  14. ^ a b Taule, Magnar (2 August 2009). "Svevde rett til VM". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  15. ^ Drangsholt, Åge Harald (2 August 2009). "– Skandaleutdeling". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2010.
Notes
  1. ^ The oldest Norwegian athletics record is now Arne Tvervaag's 3.71 metres in the standing long jump, achieved in November 1968.
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