| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Hammer throw |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | Hammer: 70.47m (2024) |
Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir (born 28 November 2002) is an Icelandic hammer thrower. She is the national record holder and the 2024 NCAA champion.[1]
Career
[edit]She set an Icelandic under-17 record distance of 61.91 metres for the hammer throw, competing in 2018 as a 17 year-old.[2]
In April 2021, she set an Icelandic national record hammer throw of 64.39 meters. She finished seventh in the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn.[3] She finished fourth at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, with a distance of 63.81 metres.[4]
Competing for Texas State University, she threw 66.98 metres to finish seventh overall in the hammer throw at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas in June 2023.[5] She finished in fifth place in the hammer throw at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo with a distance of 65.93 meters.[6]
In March 2024, she set an Icelandic hammer throw record of 70.33 metres.[7] She won the hammer throw at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She competed for Iceland at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in the women's hammer throw.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elísabet Rut Rúnarsdóttir". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Elíbet reaches the minimum at the U18 European Championship". ir.is. March 19, 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Jonsson, Einar Orn (July 17, 2021). "Elizabeth Ruth VII in Tallinn". ruv.is. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Elísabet varð fjórða í Nairóbi". Visir.is. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "ELISABET RUT RUNARSDOTTIR 7TH PLACE WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW - NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Runnerspace. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Ólafsson, Hjörvar (July 14, 2023). "Elísabet Rún finished in fifth place". Visir.is. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Guðrúnu að þakka að ég kastaði 70 metra". mbl.is (in Icelandic). 1 April 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Steffens, Don (7 June 2024). "NCAA Women's Hammer — Rúnarsdóttir Wins, Dashes To Rome". Track and Field News. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
