Konstanze Klosterhalfen

Konstanze Klosterhalfen
Konstanze Klosterhalfen in 2014
Personal information
Nationality German
Born (1997-02-18) 18 February 1997
Bonn, Germany
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Track and field and Cross Country
Event(s) Middle-distance running

Konstanze Klosterhalfen (born 18 February 1997) is a German athlete who specialises in middle-distance running.[1] In 2016, she won the bronze medal at the 3000 m event in World Junior Championships. She competed in the 1500m at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed 10th in the semi-finals. On 11 December 2016, Klosterhalfen won the U20 Women's field at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships in China for a second time after 2015. Her first major medal came on 4 March 2017 at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships when she came second to Laura Muir to claim silver in the 1500m.

She is the youngest female runner to cover the 800 m in less than 2 minutes, the 1500 m in less than 4 minutes and the 5000 m in less than 15 minutes.[2]

Personal bests

Outdoor

EventRecordVenueDate
800 metres1:59.65Pfungstadt3 June 2017
1500 metres3:58.92Berlin27 August 2017
3000 metres8:29.89 NRBirmingham20 August 2017
5000 metres14:51.38Karlsruhe19 May 2017
10 kilometres32:24Leverkusen6 March 2016

Indoor

EventRecordVenueDate
800 metres2:03.37Dortmund21 February 2016
1500 metres4:04.00Karlsruhe3 February 2018
3000 Metres8:36.01 NRDortmund18 February 2018

References

  1. "Konstanze Klosterhalfen". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/diamond-league-konstanze-klosterhalfen-laeuf-deutschen-rekord-ueber-3000-meter-15160243.html


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