Ida Andrea Breigan
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| Born | 22 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Long jump: 6.74 m (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Ida Andrea Breigan (born 22 July 2004) is a Norwegian long jumper. She is the Norwegian national indoor record holder.[1]
Early life
She is from Fredrikstad. Her father, Bo Breigan, was a Norwegian 800 metres champion and her mother, Mimi Storm-Hansen, was a Norwegian high jump champion.[2]
Career
After high school she studied at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States, where she was coached by former World Championship silver medalist Kareem Streete-Thompson.[3] She became Norwegian champion both indoors and outdoors in 2023.[3] In February 2024, she broke Berit Berthelsen's 57-year-old Norwegian record for the indoor long jump whilst competing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and improved her own record to 6.58 metres two weeks later in Birmingham, Alabama.[4][5][6]
She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor in June 2025, finishing second overall with a jump of 6.60 metres.[7] She was selected to represent her country at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, winning the bronze medal with a jump of 6.58 metres.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Ida Andrea Breigan". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Arvet både fart og spenst". Dagsavien.no. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ a b "New rule sparks outrage: – Shocking and strange". nrk.no. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Record-breaking Ida was about to give up: – Incredibly tired". tv2.no. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Norwegian record again for Ida Andrea Breigan". vg.no. 24 February 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Ida Breigan hoppet 6,52 i lengde – slo Berthelsens innendørsrekord fra 1967". folkebladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Eurorpean Athletics Team Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Mills, Steven (12 July 2025). "Bergen 2025 - Women's Field Preview". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ "Lengdehopper Ida Andrea Breigan tok bronse i U23-EM". fvn.no. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.