Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Aníta Hinriksdóttir (born 13 January 1996) is an Icelandic middle-distance track athlete who competes in the 800 meter distance. She set the Iceland national record in the 800 m of 2:00.49,[3] and came 4th in the women's 800m at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Aníta Hinriksdóttir in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Aníta Hinriksdóttir
Nationality	Icelandic
Born	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996 Reykjavík
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country	Iceland
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m, 800 m, 1500 m
Club	ÍR
Coached by	Gunnar Páll Jóakimsson[2]
Medal record Women's athletics European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 800 m World Youth Championships 2013 Donetsk 800 m European Junior Championships 2013 Rieti 800 m

Aníta was born in Reykjavík. On 14 July 2013 she won the 800 metres 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Donetsk, Ukraine. On 20 July 2013, Aníta won the 800 metres at the 2013 European Junior Championships in Athletics. These achievements make her the first person to win gold medals at both the World Youth championships in athletics and the European Junior Championships in athletics. She then represented Iceland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 800 m event. She set another Icelandic national record in the 800 metres with a time of 2:00.14 but just failed to qualify to the semifinals.