Olivia Gürth
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002
Sport
SportAthletics
Event3000m 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: 9:20.08 (Budepest, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Espoo3000 m steeplechase
European Athletics U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tallinn3000 m steeplechase

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]

Career

Gürth 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]

References

  1. ↑ "O.Gürth". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Nink, Stefan (16 July 2023). "EM in Espoo: U23 competition only sees the heels of Olivia Gürth in the obstacle course over 3000 meters". Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Smythe, Steve (July 17, 2021). "Ireland top Euro U20 Champs medals table after three golds on day three". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Olivia Gürth: "I was in the tunnel"". Leichtathletik.de. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Gürth eclipses championship record to strike 3000m steeplechase gold for Germany". European-Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Bernhart, Silke (17 June 2023). "Less than 9:30 minutes: Olivia Gürth advances into a select circle". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2023". Watch Athletics. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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