Kristiina Mäkelä

Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump.[1] She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the final. Her personal bests in the event are 14.41 m outdoors (+1.4 m/s, 2021, Kuortane, Finland) and 14.38 m indoors (2019, Gallur, Madrid, Spain).

Kristiina Mäkelä
Kristiina Mäkelä in 2018
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
Event(s)Triple jump
ClubOrimattilan Jymy
Coached byMarkku Mäkinen
Jarkko Kumpulainen
Mäkela in 2019

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References
  1. Kristiina Mäkelä at World Athletics
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