Kristin Gierisch

Kristin Gierisch
Personal information
Born (1990-08-20) 20 August 1990
Zwickau, East Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Germany
SportAthletics
EventWomen's Triple Jump
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Portland Triple jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin Triple Jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Belgrade Triple Jump

Kristin Gierisch (born 20 August 1990 in Zwickau) is a German athlete specialising in the triple jump.[1] She won the silver medal at the 2016 World Indoor Championships, 2018 European Championships and gold at the 2017 European Indoor Championships . She also finished fourth at the 2015 European Indoor Championships and ninth at the 2014 European Championships.

Her personal bests in the event are 14.45 metres outdoors (-0,5 m/s; Berlin 2018) and 14.46 metres indoors (Prague 2015).

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Germany
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 6th Triple jump 12.70 m
2009 European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 5th Triple jump 13.42 m (w)
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 10th (q) Triple jump 13.23 m1
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 17th (q) Triple jump 13.67 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 9th Triple jump 13.76 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 4th Triple jump 14.46 m
World Championships Beijing, China 8th Triple jump 14.25 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 2nd Triple jump 14.30 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 8th Triple jump 14.03 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 11th Triple jump 13.96 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st Triple jump 14.37 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 5th Triple jump 14.33 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd Triple jump 14.45 m, PB
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 29th (q) Triple jump 13.02 m
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 16th (q) Triple jump 13.59 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 10th Triple jump 13.74 m

1Did not start in the final.

References

  1. ^ Kristin Gierisch at World Athletics
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