Lisa Tertsch (born 1 December 1998) is a German triathlete and cross country runner.

Career

Junior career

In 2015, she won junior European Cup races in Quarteira in Portugal, and Bled, Slovenia, and silver in the mixed relay at the

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. In April 2016, she won the European junior duathlon title in Kalkar. She was runner-up to

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at the 2016 Junior World Championships in Cozumel, Mexico. In July of that year she won the German junior national title in

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. She also won silver in the junior event at the 2016 European Triathlon Championships behind Cassandre Beaugrand.

Cross country

She won gold with the U23 women at the

2018 European Cross Country Championships The 2018 European Cross Country Championships was the 25th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Tilburg, Netherlands.Tilburg.

Triathlon

In August 2019, she won bronze in the women's U23 race at the Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. That year, she took first place at the U23 European Championships and was number one in the European Cup rankings at the end of the season. In February 2020, she was named ETU Athlete of the Year. She became German champion over the triathlon sprint distance in Berlin in 2021 and again in Dusseldorf in 2023. She won

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bronze in Hamburg in the summer of 2022. She finished second at the World Triathlon Championship Series Hamburg in July 2024. In July 2024, she was a gold medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships. She competed at the

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. In the individual race held on 31 July 2024, an early crash in the bike section put paid to hopes for medal but she came back to secure a top ten finish.

Personal life

She is a member of ASC Darmstadt. She studied economics at Harvard University.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tertsch, Lisa 1998 births Living people German female triathletes German female cross country runners Sportspeople from Darmstadt 21st-century German sportswomen Harvard University alumni Harvard Crimson women's track and field athletes Harvard Crimson women's cross country runners Triathletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in triathlon Olympic triathletes for Germany