Kristiina Mäkelä

Kristiina Mäkelä
Kristiina Mäkelä in 2022
Personal information
Born (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992
Orimattila, Finland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventTriple jump
ClubOrimattilan Jymy
Coached byJarkko Kumpulainen (-2014), Jarkko Kumpulainen & Markku Leppänen (2014-2015), Markku Leppänen (2015-2016), Suren Ghazaryan (2016-2018), Tuomas Sallinen (2018-)
Medal record
European Championships
2022 Munich Triple jump

Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump.[1] She has competed in two Olympics and four World Athletics Championships, with the best result of 9th in 2022 . Her personal bests in the event are 14.64 m outdoors (achieved in 2022 in Munich, Germany) and 14.38 m indoors (2019, Gallur, Madrid, Spain).

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing Finland
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 6th Triple jump 13.03 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere, Finland 2nd Triple jump 13.14 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 7th Triple jump 13.26 m
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 2nd Triple jump 13.67 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland – Triple jump NM
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 8th Triple jump 13.66 m
World Championships Beijing, China 13th (q) Triple jump 13.83 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 6th Triple jump 14.07 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th Triple jump 13.95 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12th Triple jump 13.95 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 8th Triple jump 13.73 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 16th (q) Triple jump 13.92 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 16th Triple jump 13.73 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 9th Triple jump 14.01 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th Triple jump 14.29 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 12th Triple jump 13.99 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 6th Triple jump 14.23 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th Triple jump 14.17 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 9th Triple jump 14.14 m
World Championships Eugene, United States 9th Triple jump 14.18 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd Triple jump 14.64 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 18th (q) Triple jump 13.88 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 12th Triple jump 13.47 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 14th (q) Triple jump 13.76 m

References

  1. ^ Kristiina Mäkelä at World Athletics


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