Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s Income More Than Doubled In 2023 To $2.3 Million

In 2023, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen had quite a season both on and off the track.

In addition to winning World Championship gold in the 5000 and silver in the 1500, Ingebrigtsen put up world-leading times in the 1500 (3:27.14), mile (3:43.73), 3000 (7:23.63), and 2-mile (7:54.10), with the latter time being a world record. And he was paid quite handsomely for his efforts.

According to VG, his total compensation for the year post-deductions but pre-taxes was 25.4 million NOK, which converts to $2.3 million. That’s a more than 100% increase from the 11.3 million NOK he made in 2022 ($1.0 million) and more than 6.5 times what he made in 2021 (3.8 million NOK/$340,000) when he won Olympic gold for the first time.

Ingebrigtsen celebrating at the Pre Classic in 2023. Kevin Morris photo.

According to VG, Ingebrigtsen paid NOK 11.8 million in tax in 2023 ($1.1 million), which wasn’t too far off the total income earned by 400m hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm (approximately 15 million NOK/$1.4 million).

VG knows all of this because in Norway tax records can be accessed by the public or press.

Ingebrigtsen also got married in 2023 to Elisabeth Asserson.

Talk about Ingegbritsen’s lucrative 2023 campaign on the world-famous LetsRun.com messageboard: Jakob Ingebrigtsen got PAID in 2023 – Income more than doubled to $2.3 million.

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*All US dollar figures were calculated using current exchange rates – not the rate at the time the money was earned.