Lakeri Ertzgaard
Norwegian athlete (born 2002)
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Lakeri Ertzgaard (born 28 March 2002) is a Norwegian sprinter. She has won Norwegian national titles over 400 metres both indoors and outdoors, and competed at the 2022 and 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Full name | Astri Ayo Lakeri Ertzgaard | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m: 51.92 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
She is the daughter of athlete John Ertzgaard and actress Asta Busingye Lydersen. Her sister Kaitesi Ertzgaard is also an athlete.[2] She competed for Norway in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[3][4]
Competing for Norway at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland in July 2023, she qualified for the final of the 400 metres, placing seventh overall.[5][6]
She won the Norwegian Indoor Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in February 2024.[7] She was a member of the Norwegian team at the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas with Amalie Iuel, Henriette Jaeger and Josefine Tomine Eriksen.[8]
She competed for Norway at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024; reaching the semi-finals of the individual 400 metres and also running as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team.[9][10]
She competed over 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.[11][12] She won the Norwegian Athletics Championships title over 400 metres in August 2025.[13]
She was a member of the Norwegian 4 x 400 metres team which qualified for the final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, placing sixth overall.[14]
Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, she helped the Norwegian women's 4 x 400 metres team run a national record of 3:22.78 in the qualifying round on 2 May.[15][16] The following day, she ran as they improved the national record to 3:20.96 to win the gold medal in the women’s 4 x 400m final.[17]