Olivia Gürth (born 31 May 2002) is a German track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the European U23 champion in the 3000m steeplechase.[1]
.jpg) Olivia Gürth in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 31 May 2002 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 3000m steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:03.70 (Pfungstadt, 2023) 1500m: 4:14.86 (Rehlingen, 2023) 3000m: 9:12.76 (Regensberg, 2023) 3000m Steeplechase: 9:15.17 (Rome, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Career
editGürth runs for Diezer TSK Oraniens in Diez, Germany.[2] She won gold at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, in the 3000m steeplechase.[3] In the autumn of 2022, she began training in Frankfurt under Wolfgang Heinig, alongside the likes of Gesa Krause and Maruša Mišmaš.[4]
Gürth won gold at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023, recording a championship record time of 9:26.98 in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.[5] She is only the fifth German women in history to run under 9:30.00 for the event.[6]
Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the final, running a 9:24.28 personal best in her heat. In the final she also ran a personal best, finishing fourteenth in 9:20.08.[7] She made her Diamond League debut in August 2023, in Zürich.[8]
In May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[9] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase, running a personal best time of 9:16.47.[10]
References
edit- ^ "O.Gürth". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Nink, Stefan (16 July 2023). "EM in Espoo: U23 competition only sees the heels of Olivia Gürth in the obstacle course over 3000 meters" (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (July 17, 2021). "Ireland top Euro U20 Champs medals table after three golds on day three". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Olivia Gürth: "I was in the tunnel"". Leichtathletik.de (in German). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Gürth eclipses championship record to strike 3000m steeplechase gold for Germany". European-Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Bernhart, Silke (17 June 2023). "Less than 9:30 minutes: Olivia Gürth advances into a select circle". Leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2023". Watch Athletics. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024 (in German). 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.