Jakob Ingebrigtsen defeated Pedro Pichardo in the March European Athlete Election

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, two-time European indoor champion, who took place in Istanbul, defeated Pedro Pichardo in the European election in March, and Nafissatu Thiam, the new indoor pentathlon world record holder, was elected as a woman.

Voting took place until this Thursday in publications dedicated to each of the categories on the official account of European Athletics, the European sports organization, on the social network Instagram.

Portuguese Pedro Pablo Pichardo was among the four athletes nominated after winning his second European indoor triple jump title of his career in Istanbul.

In the end, the choice fell on a Norwegian middle-distance runner who won two titles in the same European competitions in the 1500 and 3000 meters.

The other two men’s finalists were also Norway’s Sondre Guttormsen, who took advantage of the absence of Sweden’s Armand Duplantis to become European pole vault champion, and Italy’s Samuele Ceccarelli, who won the 60m ahead of Olympic champion and compatriot Marcel Jacobs.

Belgian Nafissatou Thiam, the new world record holder in pentathlon, with 5055 points, the only world record obtained in Istanbul, confirmed her favoritism.

The list published by European Athletics also includes Holland’s Femke Bol, European champion in the 400m and 4x400m, Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambunji, who won the 60m title, and Britain’s Jazmine Sawyers, who set the world best of the year. in the long jump from 7.00 meters, winning gold in Istanbul.