Håkon Moe Berg
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| Nationality | Norwegian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 2006 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:49.39 (Oslo, 2024) 1500m: 3:35.41 (Oslo, 2025) 3000m: 7:55.82 (Jessheim, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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Håkon Moe Berg (born 26 June 2006) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. He won the senior national championship title over 1500 metres in 2025 and was a double European under-20 champion that year over 1500 metres and 3000 metres. He previously won his first national title indoors over 1500 metres in 2024.[1]
Career
He is from Kyrksæterøra. In June 2022, he placed ninth over 1500 metres at the senior Norwegian Athletics Championships.[2] In August 2022, he competed in the 1500 meters at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships as a 16 year-old, placing fourth overall in Jerusalem, Israel. The following month, he won the 800 metres title at the Norwegian age-group championship.[3]
In February 2024, he won the Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships title over 1500 metres at the age of 17 years-old.[4][5] In August 2024, he won the Norwegian under-20 title over 1500 metres outdoors in 3:43.97 ahead of his training mate Magnus Øyen.[6] He subsequently placed sixth in the final of the 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in a time of 3:43.48.[7]
In June 2025, he placed third in the 1500 metres at the 2025 Bislett Games, running a personal best time of 3:35.41.[8] Later that month, he represented Norway at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships finishing second in the 1500 metres in the Second Division race in Maribor, Slovenia, in 3:42.76.[9] In July 2025, he won the Norwegian Athletics Championships title over 1500 metres.[10] Later that month, he competed at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, where he completed a golden double; winning gold in the 1500 metres, before later winning the gold medal in the 3000 metres.[11][12][13][14]
References
- ^ "Håkon Moe Berg". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "European Championship hopeful Håkon (16) beats by 15 seconds: Third best of all time". Aftenbladet.no. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Bakken, Rolf (14 August 2022). "Håkon Moe Berg (16) - best in Europe and best in UM". Kondis.no. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Drama when the NM gold medal in the 1500 m went to just 17-year-old Håkon Moe Berg". Kondis.no. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Gold medalist Håkon Moe Berg thanked his competitor". Kondis.no. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Håkon impressed at Bislett". Sovesten.no. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "10 to watch at the European Athletics U20 Championships". European Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Norwegian Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Italian sprint stars speed through 200m heats". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "THREE GOLDS FOR BRITAIN ON DAY THREE OF THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Norwegian and British distance doubles on dramatic night". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (10 August 2025). "FITZGERALD COMPLETES GOLDEN DOUBLE AT EURO U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 August 2025.