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Aníta Hinriksdóttir
	Hinriksdóttir at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Born	13 January 1996 (age 28); Reykjavík, Iceland
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Iceland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres, 800 m, 1500 m
Club	Íþróttafélag Reykjavíkur
Coached by	Gunnar Páll Jóakimsson
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Iceland
European Indoor Championships
European U23 Championships
European U20 Championships
World U18 Championships

Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 13 January 1996)^[3] is an Icelandic middle-distance track athlete who specializes in the 800 metres. She won the bronze medal in the event at the 2017 European Indoor Championships and a silver at the 2017 European Under-23 Championships.

As a 16-year old, she placed fourth in the 800 m at the 2012 World U20 Championships before winning the event at the 2013 World U18 Championships and European U20 Championships. Hinriksdóttir is the Icelandic record holder for the 800 m and 1500 m outdoors and indoors and holds also three other individual national records. She won 13 Icelandic titles.

Biography

Aníta was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. On 14 July 2013, she won the 800 m at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. On 20 July, she won the event at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Athletics held in Rieti, Italy. These achievements made her the first person to win gold medals at both the World Youth Championships and the European Junior Championships in athletics.

She then represented Iceland at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 800 m event. Aníta set another Icelandic national record with a time of 2:00.14 but just failed to qualify to the semifinals.^[3]

Personal life

Aníta is the niece of long-distance runner Martha Ernstdóttir^[4] who competed in the women's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Statistics

International competitions

Representing Iceland
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2011	Nordic Junior Championships	Copenhagen, Denmark	1st	800 m	2:08.64
			3rd	1500 m	4:28.59
			4th	4 x 400 m relay	3:48.03
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	4th	800 m	2:03.23
	Nordic Junior Championships	Växjö, Sweden	1st	800 m	2:03.66
	Nordic Junior Championships	Växjö, Sweden	2nd	2000 m s'chase	6:34.80
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th (sf)	800 m	2:04.72
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	1st	400 m	54.29
			1st	800 m	2:04.60
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.97
	European Team Championships Third League	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	1st	800 m	2:01.17
			1st	1500 m	4:16.51
			2nd	4 x 400 m relay	3:39.14
	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	1st	800 m	2:01.13 CR
	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	1st	800 m	2:01.14
	Nordic Junior Championships	Espoo, Finland	1st	800 m	2:03.94
			1st	1500 m	4:18.18
			2nd	4 x 400 m relay	3:46.28
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	– (h)	800 m	DQ
	European Team Championships Third League	Tbilisi, Georgia	1st	800 m	2:02.70
	European Team Championships Third League	Tbilisi, Georgia	2nd	1500 m	4:18.49
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	– (f)	800 m	DNF
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	11th (sf)	800 m	2:02.45
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	5th	800 m	2:02.74
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Reykjavík, Iceland	2nd	800 m	2:09.10
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Reykjavík, Iceland	1st	1500 m	4:26.37
	European Team Championships Second League	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	2nd	800 m	2:03.17
	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	3rd	800 m	2:05.04
	World Championships	Beijing, China	20th (h)	800 m	2:01.01
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, OR, United States	5th	800 m	2:02.58
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8th	800 m	2:02.55
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	20th (h)	800 m	2:00.14
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	3rd	800 m	2:01.25
	European Team Championships Second League	Tel Aviv, Israel	1st	800 m	2:02.57
	European Team Championships Second League	Tel Aviv, Israel	4th	4 x 400 m relay	3:40.80
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd	800 m	2:05.02
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	37th (h)	800 m	2:03.45
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	23rd (h)	1500 m	4:15.73
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	– (sf)	800 m	DQ
2019	Games of the Small States of Europe	Bar, Montenegro	2nd	1500 m	4:22.34
	European Team Championships Third League	Skopje, North Macedonia	2nd	800 m	2:06.16 SB
	European Team Championships Third League	Skopje, North Macedonia	2nd	1500 m	4:36.33

Personal bests

Outdoor
Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
400 metres	54.29	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	29 May 2013	NU18R NU20R
800 metres	2:00.05	Oslo, Norway	15 June 2017	NR
1000 metres	2:36.63	Hengelo, Netherlands	24 May 2015	NR
1500 metres	4:06.43	Hengelo, Netherlands	11 June 2017	NR
Mile	4:29.20	Hengelo, Netherlands	3 June 2018	NR
2000 m steeplechase	6:34.80	Växjö, Sweden	19 August 2012	NU18R

Indoor
Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
400 metres	54.21	Reykjavík, Iceland	6 February 2016
600 metres	1:27.65	Reykjavík, Iceland	19 December 2014	NR
800 metres	2:01.18	Reykjavík, Iceland	4 February 2017	NR
1000 metres	2:43.22	Reykjavík, Iceland	15 December 2012	AU18B NB
1500 metres	4:09.54	Reykjavík, Iceland	6 February 2018	NR
4 × 200 m relay	1:38.54	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland	28 February 2015
4 × 400 m relay	3:49.12	Reykjavík, Iceland	10 February 2013	NR

References

^ "EAA profile". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
^ Sigur hja anitu Snorri Fjordi Archived 10 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine fri.is
^ ^a ^b "Aníta HINRIKSDÓTTIR – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (1 March 2013). "Eins og fiðrildi upp Esjuna". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martha Ernstdóttir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.