About Tonje Angelsen
Born 1990. Tonje Angelsen is a Norwegian athletics competitor.
Tonje Angelsen (born 17 January 1990) is a Norwegian high jumper. Angelsen was considered a promising high jumper when she set a Norwegian age record at 1.82 m at the age of 16 in 2006. Her career stalled somewhat because of injury until 2009. In 2010 and 2011, she qualified for several international championships but did not make it to the finals. In January 2012, she managed a personal best of 1.93 m indoors. At meeting in Oslo on 24 May she jumped to a new personal best outdoors of 1.95 m which was also the qualifying height for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
On 28 June 2012 she won a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki by jumping a height of 1.97 m, a new personal best.
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Who is Tonje Angelsen?
high jumper
When was Tonje Angelsen born?
Tonje Angelsen was born on 17 January 1990 in Trondheim.
What is Tonje Angelsen's occupation?
Tonje Angelsen is an athletics competitor.
What nationality is Tonje Angelsen?
Tonje Angelsen is Norwegian.
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