Anthony Johnsen

From Arendal,^[2] he trains with his older sister Nathalie.^[3][4] A successful junior athlete, he became a Norwegian age group record in 2022 as a 15 year-old.^[5] In 2023, as a 16 year-old, he placed second in the high jump at the Norwegian Athletics Championships, behind Sander Skotheim.^[6][7]

He is a member of Oslo-based club Vidar. In August 2025, he set a new Norwegian U20 record in the 110 metres hurdles, and won the Norwegian U20 Championships in that event.^[8][9] At the 2025 Norwegian U20 Championships, he also placed second overall in the long jump, 1cm behind the winner, Erlend Grytten Sunnarvik.^[10][11]

In February 2026, he set a new Norwegian national record in the 60 metres hurdles, running 7.64 seconds at Bassen Sprint in Bærum.^[12] Running 7.78 seconds, he won the 60 metres hurdles at the senior Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships in Bergen on 1 March 2026.^[13] He was selected for the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, running 7.71 seconds and narrowly missing out on the semi-finals.^[14][15] He won the 2026 Norwegian Athletics Championships in July with 13.44 seconds to equal the European U20 best time.^[16] He represented Norway at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, USA, winning his semi-final in 13.07 seconds and setting a new Norwegian under-20 record of 13.00 seconds to place fourth overall in the final.^[17][18] In Gothenburg on 24 August at the Folksam Grand Prix, Johnsen ran the fastest ever 110 m hurdles by a European U20 athlete, moving solo ahead of Colin Jackson, with 13.35 seconds, also breaking the Norwegian senior national record. ^[19]