Ida Marcussen
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s athletics | |||
| IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics | |||
| Bronze | 2006 World Junior Championships | Heptathlon | |
Ida Marcussen (born 1 November 1987 in Kristiansand) is a Norwegian heptathlete. She represents Våg IK, having changed clubs from Kristiansands IF in 2006.
As a junior athlete she finished sixth at the 2005 European Junior Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. Her score of 6020 points from Beijing was only 65 points away from being a new Norwegian record.
In 2007 she entered her first senior championships at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. After day one she was situated near the bottom of the results list; however, a strong performance during the second day saw her climb to eleventh place. She scored 6226 points, demolishing the Norwegian record in the event.
[edit] Personal bests
- 200 metres - 24.57 s (Fana stadion 2006)
- 800 metres - 2:12.53 min (Debrecen 2007)
- 100 metres hurdles - 14.10 s (Beijing 2006)
- High jump - 1.68 m (Beijing 2006, Osaka 2007)
- Long jump - 6.47 m (Osaka 2007) - third on the Norwegian all-time list[1]
- Shot put - 13.68 m (Beijing 2006)
- Javelin throw - 51.02 m (Osaka 2007) - fifth on the Norwegian all-time list[2]
- Heptathlon - 6226 pts (Osaka 2007) - Norwegian record.
[edit] References
- IAAF profile for Ida Marcussen
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