Aníta Hinriksdóttir
Aníta Hinriksdóttir 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, and came 4th in the women's 800m at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
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
1Did not finish in the final2Disqualified in the semifinals
Personal Bests
OutdoorEvent | Time | Venue | Date |
400 m | 54.29 | Luxembourg, | 29 May 2013 |
800 m | 2:00.05 | Bislett Games, Oslo, | 15 June 2017 |
1000 m | 2:36.63 | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo, | 24 May 2015 |
1500 m | 4:06.43 | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo, | 11 June 2017 |
Mile | 4:29.20 | Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Hengelo, | 3 June 2018 |
2000 m steeplechase | 6:34.80 | Nordic Junior Championships, Växjö, | 19 August 2012 |
Indoor
Event | Time | Venue | Date |
400 m | 54.21 | Reykjavik, | 6 February 2016 |
600 m | 1:27.65 | Íslandsmet, Reykjavik, | 19 December 2014 |
800 m | 2:01.18 | Reykjavik International Games, Reykjavík, | 4 February 2017 |
1000 m | 2:43.22 | Reykjavik, | 15 December 2012 |
1500 m | 4:09.54 | PSD Bank Meeting, Reykjavik, | 6 February 2018 |
4 × 200 m relay | 1:38.54 | 9th Bikarkeppni, Hafnarfjörður, | 28 February 2015 |
4 × 400 m relay | 3:49.12 | Icelandic Championships, Reykjavik, | 10 February 2013 |