Lisa Brix Pedersen (born 16 August 1996) is a Danish discus thrower. She is a five-time

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winner and the championship record-holder in the discus.

Biography

Pedersen's first global championship was at the 2013 World U18 Championships in the discus, where she finished 16th in qualification. Pedersen broke the Danish record in the discus for the first time in 2022, at the National Long Throw Championships in

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. She threw 61.29 m on her first attempt, good for second place and automatically qualifying her for both the European and World Championships. At the

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, Pedersen won her first continental medal with a 2nd-place showing in the discus, throwing 61.23 m behind

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's 61.56 m. At the

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, Pedersen was diagnosed with COVID-19 shortly after arrival in Eugene. After being confined to a room with limited opportunities to train for several days, she was finally cleared to compete on 18 July, the same day that discus qualification started. She threw 56.54 metres to place 29th out of 30 competitiors, not making the finals. Pedersen had an opportunity to redeem herself at the 2022 European Championships discus throw, where she qualified for the finals and placed 10th. In her first appearance at the Team Championships, Pedersen won the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division discus throw, scoring 16 points with a 59.20 m throw. She had already secured a winning throw by the end of the fifth round, but on her sixth and final throw she improved even further. The effort helped Denmark total 312 points for 6th place, enough to maintain their position but not enough to be promoted to First Division. At the 2023 World Championships, Pedersen finished 24th out of 37 in qualification with a 57.96 m best throw. Pedersen is coached by a team managed by Mikkel Larsen, and she is a member of the Sparta and Løb clubs.

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Personal bests

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brix Pedersen, Lisa Living people 1996 births Danish female discus throwers 21st-century Danish women Danish female shot putters