Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 13 January 1996) is an Icelandic middle-distance track athlete who competes in the 800 meter distance. She set the Iceland national record in the 800 m of 2:00.49,[3] and came 4th in the women's 800m at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Aníta Hinriksdóttir in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Aníta Hinriksdóttir
Nationality	Icelandic
Born	13 January 1996 Reykjavík
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Iceland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
Club	ÍR
Coached by	Gunnar Páll Jóakimsson[2]
Medal record Women's athletics European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 800 m World Youth Championships 2013 Donetsk 800 m European Junior Championships 2013 Rieti 800 m

Aníta was born in Reykjavík. On 14 July 2013 she won the 800 metres 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. On 20 July 2013, Aníta won the 800 metres at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Athletics. These achievements make her the first person to win gold medals at both the World Youth championships in athletics and the European Junior Championships in athletics. She then represented Iceland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 800 m event. She set another Icelandic national record in the 800 metres with a time of 2:00.14 but just failed to qualify to the semifinals.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	800 m	2:03.23
2013	European Indoor Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	11th (sf)	800 m	2:04.72
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	1st	400 m	54.29
			1st	800 m	2:04.60
			1st	4 × 400 m	3:40.97
	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	1st	800 m	2:01.13
	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	1st	800 m	2:01.14
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	- (h)	800 m	DQ
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	6th (sf)	800 m	2:04.99^1
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	11th (sf)	800 m	2:02.45
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	5th	800 m	2:02.74
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Reykjavik, Iceland	2nd	800 m	2:09.10
			1st	1500 m	4:26.37
			1st	4 × 400 m	3:44.31
	World Championships	Beijing, China	20th (h)	800 m	2:01.01
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	5th	800 m	2:02.58
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8th	800 m	2:02.55
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (h)	800 m	2:00.14
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	800 m	2:01.25
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	800 m	2:05.02
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	37th (h)	800 m	2:03.45
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	23rd (h)	1500 m	4:15.73
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	11h (h)	800 m	2:02.15^2
2019	Games of the Small States of Europe	Budva, Montenegro	2nd	1500 m	4:22.34

¹Did not finish in the final
²Disqualified in the semifinals

Personal Bests

Outdoor

Event	Time	Venue	Date
400 m	54.29	Luxembourg,  Luxembourg	29 May 2013
800 m	2:00.05 (NR)	Bislett Games, Oslo,  Norway	15 June 2017
1000 m	2:36.63 (NR)	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo,  Netherlands	24 May 2015
1500 m	4:06.43 (NR)	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo,  Netherlands	11 June 2017
Mile	4:29.20 (NR)	Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo,  Netherlands	3 June 2018
2000 m steeplechase	6:34.80 (NR)	Nordic Junior Championships, Växjö,  Sweden	19 August 2012

Indoor

Event	Time	Venue	Date
400 m	54.21	Reykjavik,  Iceland	6 February 2016
600 m	1:27.65 (NR)	Íslandsmet, Reykjavik,  Iceland	19 December 2014
800 m	2:01.18 (NR)	Reykjavik International Games, Reykjavík,  Iceland	4 February 2017
1000 m	2:43.22 (NR)	Reykjavik,  Iceland	15 December 2012
1500 m	4:09.54 (NR)	PSD Bank Meeting, Reykjavik,  Iceland	6 February 2018
4 × 200 m relay	1:38.54 (NR)	9th Bikarkeppni, Hafnarfjörður,  Iceland	28 February 2015
4 × 400 m relay	3:49.12 (NR)	Icelandic Championships, Reykjavik,  Iceland	10 February 2013

Personal life

Aníta is the niece of long-distance runner Martha Ernstdóttir[4] who competed in the women's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

1. "EAA profile". European Athletics. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
2. Sigur hja anitu Snorri Fjordi Archived 10 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine fri.is
3. "Aníta Hinriksdóttir – Upplýsingar úr afrekaskrá Frjálsíþróttasambands Íslands". Afrek.fri.is. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
4. Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 March 2013). "Eins og fiðrildi upp Esjuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martha Ernstdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

External links

• Aníta Hinriksdóttir at World Athletics
• Aníta Hinriksdóttir at the International Olympic Committee
• Aníta Hinriksdóttir at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)