Sofia Thøgersen

Sofia Thøgersen (born 6 July 2005) is a Danish middle distance and long distance runner. A multiple-time national champion, and the Danish national record holder over 1500 metres, in 2023 she became the youngest Danish athlete to compete at the World Athletics Championships.

Early life
Thøgersen joined Sparta Athletics and Running club in Østerbro when she was six years-old.

2021
In 2921, Thøgersen became the senior Danish champion over 1500m, aged 16 years-old. Thøgersen won silver at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, in a 3000m world-leading time by an under-18 year-old athlete in Europe, of 9:16.43. In November 2021, competing as one of the youngest athletes in the race, Thøgersen finished 15th at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin.

2022
She won gold at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships over 3000m in Jerusalem and also won bronze at the 2000m steeplechase at the same championship. That year, she won two national titles indoors, over 1500 meters and 3000 meters. She also retained her Danish senior champion outdoor title over 1500m in Alborg in June 2022. She secured victory in the women’s U20 race at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in Kristiansand in November 2022.

2023
In 2023, she retained her senior 1500m title in June 2023. Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres, she became the youngest Danish competitor in championship history, and had to apply for time-off from her school in order to compete. Although she didn’t qualify for the semi final, she ran a new national record time of 4:05.34. Thøgersen also set a new national record time for the 3000m in 2023, running 8.53.39 at the Copenhagen Athletics Games in Østerbro, improving Anna Emilie Møller's 18-year record by 17 seconds.

She defended her U20 women’s title at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in Reykjavík in November 2023. Selected for the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels in December 2023, she won silver in the women's U20 race behind Innes FitzGerald.

2024
In January 2024 in Metz, she broke the European indoor U20 record for the 3000 metres (8:50.26) breaking the previous mark (8:56.36) set by Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany, in 2016. Thøgersen's time was also a Danish indoor senior record, and made her the first Danish woman to break the 9:00-minute barrier indoors. She competed in the women's 1500 metres race at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.