Gesa Felicitas Krause

Gesa Felicitas Krause

Gesa Felicitas Krause in 2015
Personal information
Born	3 August 1992 Ehringshausen, Germany
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	3000 m steeplechase
Medal record World Championships 2015 Beijing 3000 m steeplechase European Championships 2016 Amsterdam 3000 m steeplechase

Gesa Felicitas Krause (born 3 August 1992) is a German athlete who specialises in the 3000 m steeplechase.

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.

Gesa Felicitas Krause is currently trained by Wolfgang Heinig, the husband and coach of the German marathon runner Katrin Dorre-Heinig.

Personal bests

• 800 m: 2:05.25 min, Rehlingen, Germany, 13 July 2011
• 1000 m: 2:44.68 min, Pliezhausen, Germany, 16 May 2010
• 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
• 2000 m Steeplechase: 6:04.20 min, Berlin, Germany, 6 September 2015
• 3000 m Steeplechase: 9:18.41 min, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 August 2016

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Germany
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	9th	3000 m steeplechase	9:32.74, PB/EJR
2012	German Championships	Bochum, Germany	4th	1500 m	4:11.94, SB
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	3000 m steeplechase	9:38.20
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	8th	3000 m steeplechase	9:23.52, PB
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	3000 m steeplechase	9:38.91, CUR
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	9th	3000 m steeplechase	9:37.11, SB
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	5th	1500 m	4:15.40
			14th (h)	3000 m	9:11.01
	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, PB/NR

References

• Gesa Felicitas Krause profile at IAAF