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

3000 m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the ho ...

. She won bronze medals in steeplechase at both the 2015 and 2019 World Championships, and represented Germany at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Her personal best for the 3000 m steeplechase is 9:03.30, which is also a national record. In 2019 Krause set a world best for the 2000 m steeplechase in 5:52.80.

Career

In the

2013 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships was the 9th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Tampere, Finland from 10 to 14 July. Russia topped the medal table wit ...

, 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. Krause is currently trained by , the husband and coach of the retired German marathon runner Katrin Dörre-Heinig. Gesa Felicitas Krause, ISTAF Berlin 2019

Gesa Felicitas Krause, ISTAF Berlin 2019

Personal bests

* 800 m: 2:03.09 min, Pfungstadt, Germany, 6 September 2017 * 1000 m: 2:41.59 min, Wehrheim, Germany, 31 July 2011 * 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 * 5000 m: 15:24.53 min, Shanghai, China, 13 May 2017 * 2000 m Steeplechase: 5:52.80 min,

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, Germany, 1 September 2019 * 3000 m Steeplechase: 9:03.30 min, Doha, Qatar, 30 September 2019

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* * * * * * 1992 births Living people People from Lahn-Dill-Kreis Sportspeople from Giessen (region) German female steeplechase runners German female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century German women {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub