Ida Marcussen (born 1 November 1987 in

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) is a Norwegian heptathlete. She represents IK Våg, having changed clubs from Kristiansands IF in 2006. As a junior athlete she finished sixth at the 2005 European Junior Championships and won a silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships in

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. Her score of 6020 points from Beijing was only 65 points away from being a new Norwegian record. In 2007 she entered her first senior championships at the 2007 World Championships in

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. After day one she was situated near the bottom of the results list; however, a strong performance during the second day saw her climb to eleventh place. She scored 6226 points, demolishing the Norwegian record in the event. In 2008 she opened the season by setting a Norwegian indoor record in the

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, with 4214 points. She competed at the international combined event meets in

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and

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, setting new personal bests in the shot put, javelin and 800 metres. In August she entered the

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in Beijing. She started well, managing new personal best marks in the first two events, the 100 metres hurdles and the high jump. However, the rest of the competition was sub-par. In the end, she finished in twenty-first place after a decent 800 metres. Her trainer is Lukas Udelhoven.

Personal bests

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

- 24.57 s ( Fana 2006) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

- 2:09.74 min (Ratingen 2013) *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

- 13.96 s (Daegu 2011) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

- 1.75 m (Font Romeu 2010) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

- 6.47 m (Osaka 2007) - third on the Norwegian all-time list *

Shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

- 13.96 m (Götzis 2008) *

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de ...

- 52.95 m (Götzis 2008) - second on the Norwegian all-time listNorwegian all-time list, women's javelin throw
*

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

- 6226 pts (Osaka 2007) - Norwegian record. *

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek language, Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) (). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Anci ...

- 4316 pts (Gothenburg 2012)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcussen, Ida 1987 births Living people Norwegian heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Sportspeople from Kristiansand Athletes from Agder World Athletics Championships athletes for Norway Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Norway Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen