Kristin Gierisch

Kristin Gierisch

Personal information
Born	(1990-08-20) 20 August 1990 Zwickau, East Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	Women's Triple Jump
Medal record World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland Triple jump European Championships 2018 Berlin Triple Jump European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade Triple Jump

Kristin Gierisch (born 20 August 1990 in Zwickau) is a German athlete specialising in the triple jump. 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.

External links

• Kristin Gierisch at Diamond League
• Kristin Gierisch at European Athletics
• Kristin Gierisch at the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (archived) (in German)
• Kristin Gierisch at Olympics.com
• Kristin Gierisch at Olympedia
• Kristin Gierisch at InterSportStats
• Kristin Gierisch at Team Deutschland (in German)