Lakeri Ertzgaard
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| Full name | Astri Ayo Lakeri Ertzgaard | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m: 51.92 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Lakeri Ertzgaard (born 28 March 2002) is a Norwegian sprinter. She has won Norwegian national titles over 400 metres both indoors and outdoors, and competed at the 2022 and 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
She is the daughter of athlete John Ertzgaard and actress Asta Busingye Lydersen. Her sister Kaitesi Ertzgaard is also an athlete.[2] She competed for Norway in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[3][4]
Competing for Norway at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in July 2023, she qualified for the final of the 400 metres, placing seventh overall.[5][6]
She won the Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in February 2024.[7] She was a member of the Norwegian team at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas with Amalie Iuel, Henriette Jaeger and Josefine Tomine Eriksen.[8]
She competed for Norway at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024; reaching the semi-finals of the individual 400 metres and also running as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team.[9][10]
She competed over 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.[11][12] She won the Norwegian Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in August 2025.[13]
She was a member of the Norwegian 4 x 400 metres team which qualified for the final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing sixth overall.[14]
Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, she helped the Norwegian women's 4 x 400 metres team run a national record of 3:22.78 in the qualifying round on 2 May.[15][16] The following day, she ran as they improved the national record to 3:20.96 to win the gold medal in the women’s 4 x 400m final.[17] She competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in August, in the 400 metres.[18] She also competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the championships.[19]
References
- ↑ "Astri Ertzgaard". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Bydel Nordstrand, Bydel Østensjø - Dette er våre lokale OL-deltakere". Nordstands Blad. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022". World Athletics. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Kvart-verdaling med da Norge ble klare for OL-stafett". Inharred.no. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Hodgkinson, John, Sedney advance to 400m final: European U23 Athletics Championships". World-Track. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Norwegian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Fresh off qualifying for the Olympics, Josefine Eriksen leads Utes into NCAA track championships". Deseret. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "The Norwegian Athletics Federation has selected the following athletes for the European Indoor Championships to be held in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, 6 to 9 March 2025:". sportsidioten.no. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Norwegian Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (2 May 2026). "26 European teams qualify for Beijing 2027 on day one of 2026 World Relays". European Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Norway run world lead to win women's 4x400m in Gaborone". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.