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

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race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

, who won the silver medal at the

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

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens and 4th in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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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 Erik Tysse (born 4 December 1980 in Bergen) is a Norwegian race walker. He has competed at four editions of the World Championships in Athletics and represented Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He began his i ...

and is married to former German middle distance runner

Stephan Plätzer Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (disambiguation) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * St ...

, 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 racewalkers 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 of 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) Sportspeople from Vestland {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub