Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (born Tysse; 18 January 1972) is a Norwegian

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, who won the silver medal at the

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, in the 20 kilometres race. She finished 12th in the same race in the

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in Athens and 4th in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. At the

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, she again won a silver medal in the 20 kilometres race. Born in

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, she is the older sister of Erik Tysse and is married to former German middle distance runner Stephan Plätzer, who is also her coach. They have two children, Kiara Lea and Sebastian.

Achievements

References

2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan 20 km 4th place 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China 20 km 2nd place

External links

Kjersti Plätzer website
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1972 births Living people Norwegian female race walkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Norway Olympic silver medalists for Norway People from Os, Hordaland Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Vestland {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub