Kristiina Mäkelä

Kristiina Mäkelä
Personal information
Born (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992
Orimattila, Finland
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Triple jump
Club Orimattilan Jymy
Coached by Markku Mäkinen
Jarkko Kumpulainen

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 14.06 metres outdoors (+0.5 m/s, Lahti 2015) and 14.20 metres indoors (Mustasaari 2015). The latter is the current national record.

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

References

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