Jacob Simonsen

Danish long-distance runner

Jacob Simonsen

Personal information

Full name| Jacob Sommer Simonsen
Born|  (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 30)
Sport
Country| Denmark
Sport| Long-distance running

Jacob Sommer Simonsen (born 1 January 1995) is a Danish long-distance runner.

In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[1] He finished in 93rd place.[1] In the same year, he also represented Denmark at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy.[2] He finished in 13th place in the men's half marathon and he won the bronze medal in the men's marathon team event.[2]

He is the current national record holder on the men's marathon distance after running the BMW Berlin Marathon on 29 Sep 2024 in 2:07:51. Thus beating the previous record set by Henrik Jørgensen in 1985 by one minute and 52 seconds.[3]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. ^ a b "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
3. ^ https://www.dr.dk/sporten/atletik/roert-rekordmager-efter-historisk-bedrift-jeg-er-helt-rundt-paa-gulvet#:~:text=Søndag den 29. september 2024,år gamle danmarksrekord på maratondistancen.

## External links

[edit]

* Jacob Simonsen at World Athletics

Authority control databases: People |

* World Athletics

|

This biographical article relating to Danish athletics and track and field is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template