Olivia Gürth Explained

Olivia Gürth
Nationality:German
Sport:Athletics
Event:3000m steeplechase
Birth Date:31 May 2002
Pb: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)

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 onlythe 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O.Gürth. 18 August 2023. World Athletics.
  2. Web site: EM in Espoo: U23 competition only sees the heels of Olivia Gürth in the obstacle course over 3000 meters. Stefan. Nink. 18 August 2023. 16 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Ireland top Euro U20 Champs medals table after three golds on day three. Athletics Weekly. 18 August 2023. Steve. Smythe . July 17, 2021.
  4. Web site: Olivia Gürth: "I was in the tunnel". Leichtathletik.de. 18 August 2023. 17 July 2023.
  5. Web site: Gürth eclipses championship record to strike 3000m steeplechase gold for Germany. European-Athletics. 18 August 2023. 15 July 2023.
  6. Web site: Less than 9:30 minutes: Olivia Gürth advances into a select circle. Leichtathletik.de. 18 August 2023. 17 June 2023. Silke. Bernhart.
  7. Web site: Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023. Watch Athletics. 24 August 2023. 23 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2023 . Watch Athletics. 1 September 2023. 31 August 2023.
  9. Web site: DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder. Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.