Gustav Bendsen

Gustav Bendsen smiles after finishing the 800m at the 2025 Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational

Photo by: Mallory Peak | Louisville Athletics

Gustav Bendsen and Geoffrey Kirwa race the mile at the 2025 PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational.

Photo by: Caleb Jones | Louisville Athletics

Weight:
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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prev School:
Cumberlands
High School:
Gefion Gymnasium

Gustav Bendsen TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS (at Louisville)
• All-ACC Cross Country Academic Team (2024)
• All-ACC Indoor Academic Team (2025)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2025)

CAREER HONORS (at Cumberlands)
• USTFCCCA NAIA Indoor Silver Medalist, Distance Medley Relay (2024)
• USTFCCCA NAIA Indoor Bronze Medalist, 3000m (2024)
• USTFCCCA NAIA Indoor All-America, Distance Medley Relay (2024)
• USTFCCCA NAIA Indoor All-America, 3000m (2024)
• Mid-South Conference Outdoor Champion, 4x800m Relay (2024)
• Mid-South Conference Indoor Silver Medalist, Mile (2024)
• Mid-South Conference Outdoor Silver Medalist, 1500m (2024)
• Mid-South Conference Cross Country Bronze Medalist (2023)
• Mid-South Conference Indoor Bronze Medalist, 3000m (2024)

2024-25
Cross Country:
• Competed in four meets, scoring for the team in three of them
• Capped off the season at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships, finishing as the team runner-up and 76th overall with a 10K time of 31:55.2
• Was the second Cardinal through the line at the ACC Cross Country Championships, finishing in a season-best 8K time of 24:07.0 to place 91st overall
• Finished 61st overall and third for the team after racing to an 8K time of 24:17.0 at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational
• Made his Louisville cross country debut with an 8K time of 25:03.0 at the Southern Showcase to place 57th overall and sixth for the team

Indoor:
• Competed at three meets in the mile and 3000m
• Moved to second in program history in the mile, placing fifth at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:02.50
• Clocked a personal-best 3000m time of 8:07.52 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational
• Contested both events at the ACC Indoor Championships, recording times of 4:05.48 in the mile and 8:12.53 in the 3000m

Outdoor:
• Competed at five meets in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m
• Moved into a tie for fourth in program history in the 1500m with a season-best time of 3:46.71 at the Bryan Clay Invitational
• Raced to a personal-best 800m time of 1:54.14 at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational
• Recorded a personal record in the 5000m with a time of 14:07.01 in his Louisville outdoor debut at the Stanford Invitational, moving him into the top 10 in program history

National:
• Helped Denmark to a team victory at the 2024 U23 European Cross Country Championships, placing 33rd individually

Cumberlands Honors:
• Two-time NAIA indoor All-American, helping the DMR team to a national runner-up finish and placing third nationally in the 3000m
• Qualified for the 2024 NAIA Outdoor Championships in both the 1500m and 5000m as a member of the Cumberlands team that won the national team title
• Finished on the podium at the Mid-South Conference Championships in the indoor mile, indoor 3000m, and outdoor 1500m while helping the outdoor 4x800m relay team win the conference title
• Competed at the 2023 NAIA Cross Country Championships, helping his team to a third-place finish after placing third individually at the Mid-South Conference Cross Country Championships
• Posted a 1500m time of 3:45.24 at the Virginia Challenge that ranked him fourth in all of NAIA during the 2024 outdoor season

Personal:
• Birthdate is March 29, 2003