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Bjorn Sommerfeldt
Bjorn Sommerfeldt

Hometown:
Krokstadelva, Norway

High School:
St. Hallvard VGS

Event:
Multi-Event

Birthdate:
05/29/1983


PERSONAL BESTS

as of Friday, December 14, 2007

Indoor
60m 7.28 B12 Ind '05
1000m 2:45.01 B12 Ind '05
H60m 8.44 B12 Ind '07
HJ 1.91m 6-3 NCAA-In '06
PV 4.62m 15-1¾ B12 Ind '07
LJ 7.09m 23-3 B12 Ind '06
SP 13.90m 45-7 B12 Ind '07
HEPT 5,417 B12 Ind '06
Outdoor
100m 11.29 0.2 Big12 '05
400m 51.36 WaltonCE '05
1500m 4:37.09 WaltonCE '05
H110 15.26 1.6 NorNC '05
HJ 1.95m 6-4¾ Big12 '06
PV 4.60m 15-1 NCAA '05
LJ 7.19m 23-7 Big12 '07
SP 14.60m 47-10¾ Big12 '07
DISC 42.85m 140-7 WaltonCE '06
JAV 54.49m 178-9¼ Big12 '05
DEC 7,336 WaltonCE '05

POST-SEASON HISTORY

NCAA Championships
Decathlon
2005 SO 7,025 13
2006 JR DNF 0-0
2007 SR 7,086 18
NCAA Indoor Championships
Heptathlon
2006 JR 5,414 9
Norwegian National Championships
110m Hurdles
2005 SO 15.26 1.6 6
Long Jump
2005 SO 6.84m 22-5¼ 7
Discus
2006 JR 38.53m 126-4¾ 10
Big 12 Championships
Decathlon
2004 FR 5,543 12
2005 SO 7,262 3
2006 SO 7,337 3
2007 SR 7,283 3
Big 12 Indoor Championships
Heptathlon
2004 FR 4,963 5
2005 SO 5,308 4
2006 JR 5,417 3
2007 SR 5,394 5

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Four-time NCAA Championship qualifier
  • Seven-time All-Big 12
  • Academic All-Big 12

IN THE NEWS

The Meet of His Life
By Josh Fowler of Missouri Media Relations written 5/10/2006

Sir Sommerfeldt
By Joel Erickson of Columbia Daily Tribune written 5/10/2007

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2007:
Outdoor: Earned third-consecutive birth in the decathlon to the NCAA Championships and placed 18th with 7,086 points ... placed third at the Big 12 meet in the event for the third-straight year, notching season's best score of 7,283 ... finished runner-up in the dec at the Audrey Walton Combined Events ... in July, placed 11th in the European Cup, Second League, Championships in Slovenia. Indoor: Finished Tiger indoor career having finished in the top five of the heptathlon at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in each of his four years ... placed fifth in 2007 with score of 5,394.

2006:
Outdoor: NCAA Championship qualifier in the decathlon for second-consecutive year ... scored personal best of 7,337 points in repeat Bronze-medal finish at the Big 12 Championships. Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships and placed nith nationally in the heptathlon with a score of 5,414 points ... scored a career-best 5,417 points in third-place finish at the Big 12 Indoor.

2005:
Outdoor: NCAA Championship qualifier, placing 13th ... qualified with strong provisional personal-best mark of 7,336 points at the Walton Combined Events ... third place at the Big 12 Championships in the decathlon with 7,262 points. Indoor: Was named All-Big 12 for the second-consecutive season in the heptathlon with a fourth-place conference finish, scoring a career-best, NCAA provisional mark of 5,308 ... grabbed career-bests in the pole vault (14-9) and long jump (22-7) at Big 12s as well.

2004:
Outdoor: Season best in the decathlon came at the College Station Relays with a fourth-place finish, scoring 6,993 points ... placed 12th at the Big 12 Championships (5,543). Indoor: Earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship heptathlon (4,963) ... ran for a personal-best of 8.58 in the 60-meter hurdles, winning at the Missouri All-Comers.

High School:
Finished 14th in the decathlon in the Junior National World Championships in Kingston, Jamaica (2002) ... Twice finished second at the Norweigian Junior National Championships in the decathlon event (2002 & 2003) ... had an eighth place finish in the European Cup, division 2 (2003).

Personal:
Son of Harald & Eli Sommerfeldt ... majoring in communcations and German ... brother, Knut Sommerfeldt, was a three-time Big 12 Champion in the decathlon here at Mizzou ... sister, Eli was also an excellent heptathlete ... born May 29, 1983 in Drammen, Norway.