User:Habst/Simen Guttormsen

Simen Guttormsen (born 19 January 2001) is a Norwegian pole vaulter. He is the brother of Olympic pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen.

Career
Simen Guttormsen first gained international experience in 2018 when he competed at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships in Győr, where he was eliminated in the qualification rounds with a clearance of 4.55 m. The following year, he reached the final at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, but failed at his chosen starting height. That same year, he also began competing on the Princeton Tigers track and field team. In 2021, he failed to make a valid attempt in the qualifying round at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.

In 2021, Guttormsen won the Norwegian Athletics Championships pole vault, his first senior national title.

He missed qualifying for the final at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene with a height of 5.65 m. He also was eliminated in the qualifying round with a height of 5.50 m at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in München in August.

At the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Guttormsen recorded his best placing of 4th in the pole vault.

Personal life
Guttormsen is from Ski, Norway, and his father Atle Guttormsen claims that he can trace his family lineage back to the 17th century. He claims to have been introduced to the pole vault at 4 years old. Though his father was a hurdler, both Guttormsen and his older brother Sondre are pole vaulters. Guttormsen has been described as looking more like an outfielder than a pole vaulter, however. Before his collegiate career at Princeton University, Guttormsen attended Davis Senior High School in California.