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Place of Birth: Kristiansand, Southern Norway, Norway
About Ida Marcussen
- Ida Marcussen (born 1 November 1987 in Kristiansand) is a Norwegian heptathlete.
- She represents IK VÃ¥g, 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 Beijing.
- 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 Osaka.
- 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 pentathlon, with 4214 points.
- She competed at the international combined event meets in Götzis and Ratingen, setting new personal bests in the shot put, javelin and 800 metres.
- In August she entered the 2008 Olympic Games 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.
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