Kristin Gierisch

{{Short description|German triple jumper (born 1990)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|8|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zwickau, East Germany

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = {{cvt|61|kg}}

| country = {{GER}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = Women's Triple Jump

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Portland|Triple jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2018 Berlin|Triple Jump}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2017 Belgrade|Triple Jump}}

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

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colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
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

rowspan=2|2015

|European Indoor Championships

|Prague, Czech Republic

|4th

|Triple jump

|14.46 m

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|8th

|Triple jump

|14.25 m

rowspan=3|2016

|World Indoor Championships

|Portland, United States

|bgcolor=silver|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

rowspan=2|2017

|European Indoor Championships

|Belgrade, Serbia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

| Triple jump

|14.37 m

World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|5th

|Triple jump

|14.33 m

2018

|European Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|bgcolor="silver"|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

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