Finnish triple jumper (born 1992)
Kristiina Mäkelä
Kristiina Mäkelä in 2022
Born (1992-11-20 ) 20 November 1992 (age 31) Orimattila , FinlandHeight 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Sport Track and field Event Triple jump Club Orimattilan Jymy Coached by Jarkko Kumpulainen (-2014), Jarkko Kumpulainen & Markku Leppänen (2014-2015), Markku Leppänen (2015-2016), Suren Ghazaryan (2016-2018), Tuomas Sallinen (2018-)
Mäkela in 2019 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).
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