Alexandra Wester

{{short description|German long jumper}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Alexandra Wester

| image = Alexandra Wester by Frank Haug.JPG

| image_size = 250px

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| full_name = Alexandra Valerie Wester

| nickname = Alex

| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|03|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bakau, The Gambia

| height = 1.80 m

| weight =

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long jump

| club = Africa United Sports Club

| collegeteam = University of Miami{{Cite web |url=http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=209612807 |title=College team profile |access-date=2016-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403185340/http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=209612807 |archive-date=2016-04-03 |url-status=dead |df= }}

| education =

| coach = Ulrich Knapp

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}}

Alexandra Valerie "Alex" Wester (born 21 March 1994) is a German athlete specialising in the long jump.{{World Athletics}} She made her major competition debut at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing sixth.

She was born in The Gambia to a German father and a Ghanaian mother.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/alexandra-wester-german-long-jump |title=Wester's giant leap into global championship contention|publisher=IAAF|date=2 March 2016}} Earlier in her career, she competed in combined events but decided to specialise in the long jump after problems with injuries.

Her personal bests in the event are 6.79 metres outdoors (Oberteuringen 2016) and 6.95 metres indoors (Berlin 2016).