Gesa Felicitas Krause
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ehringshausen, Germany | 3 August 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 3000 m steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals | 2011 3000 m steeple, 7th 2013 3000 m steeple, 9th 2015 3000 m steeple, ![]() 2017 3000 m steeple, 9th 2019 3000 m steeple, ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 2012 3000 m steeple, 7th 2016 3000 m steeple, 6th 2020 3000 m steeple, 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gesa Felicitas Krause (born 3 August 1992) is a German athlete who specialises in the 3000 m steeplechase. She won bronze medals in steeplechase at both the 2015 and 2019 World Championships, and represented Germany at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Her personal best for the 3000 m steeplechase is 9:03.30,[1] which is also a national record. In 2019 Krause set a world best for the 2000 m steeplechase in 5:52.80.[2]
Career[]
In the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, she won in a new championship record time of 9:38.91 min. Her greatest achievement to date is the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships.
Krause is currently trained by Katrin Dörre-Heinig.
, the husband and coach of the retired German marathon runner![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Gesa_Felicitas_Krause%2C_ISTAF_Berlin_2019.png/220px-Gesa_Felicitas_Krause%2C_ISTAF_Berlin_2019.png)
Gesa Felicitas Krause, celebrating her world best in 2000 m steeplechase at ISTAF Berlin 2019.
Personal bests[]
- 800 m: 2:03.09 min, Pfungstadt, Germany, 6 September 2017
- 1000 m: 2:41.59 min, Wehrheim, Germany, 31 July 2011
- 1500 m: 4:06.99 min, Stockholm, Sweden, 16 June 2016
- Mile: 4:29.58 min, Oslo, Norway, 9 June 2016
- 3000 m: 9:02.04 min, Hengelo, Netherlands, 24 May 2015
- 5000 m: 15:24.53 min, Shanghai, China, 13 May 2017
- 2000 m Steeplechase: 5:52.80 min, Berlin, Germany, 1 September 2019
- 3000 m Steeplechase: 9:03.30 min, Doha, Qatar, 30 September 2019
Achievements[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 7th | 2000 m steeplechase | 6:39.85 |
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada | — | 1500 m | DNF |
4th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:47.78 NJR | |||
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 1st | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:51.08, SB |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 7th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:32.74, EJR | |
2012 | German Championships | Bochum, Germany | 4th | 1500 m | 4:11.94, SB |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:38.20 | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:23.52, PB | |
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:38.91, CUR |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 9th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:37.11, SB | |
2014 | European Championships | Zurich, Switzerland | 5th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:35.46 |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 5th | 1500 m | 4:15.40 |
14th (h) | 3000 m | 9:11.01 | |||
World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | Distance medley relay | 11:06.14 | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 3rd | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:19.25 | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:18.87 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:18.41, NR | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 9th | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:23.87 |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:19.80 |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:03.30, NR |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 8th | 1500 m | 4:24.26 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:14.00 |
References[]
- ^ "IAAF: Gesa Felicitas KRAUSE | Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Krause smashes 2000m steeplechase world best in Berlin". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gesa Felicitas Krause. |
- Gesa Felicitas Krause at World Athletics
- Gesa Felicitas Krause at the International Olympic Committee
- Gesa Felicitas Krause at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Gesa Felicitas Krause at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Lahn-Dill-Kreis
- German female steeplechase runners
- German female middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- German middle-distance runner stubs