Alexandra Wester

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Alexandra Wester
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Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Valerie Wester
NicknameAlex
NationalityGerman
Born (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 29)
Bakau, The Gambia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long jump
College team University of Miami [1]
ClubAfrica United Sports Club
Coached byUlrich Knapp

Alexandra Valerie "Alex" Wester (born 21 March 1994) is a German athlete specialising in the long jump. [2] She made her major competition debut at the 2016 World Indoor Championships finishing sixth.

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She was born in The Gambia to a German father and a Ghanaian mother. [3] Earlier in her career, she competed in combined events but decided to specialise in the long jump after problems with injuries.

Her personal bests in the event are 6.79 metres outdoors (Oberteuringen 2016) and 6.95 metres indoors (Berlin 2016).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States6thLong jump 6.67 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands7thLong jump 6.51 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil34th (q)Long jump 5.98 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia8thLong jump 6.53 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom23rd (q)Long jump 6.27 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany15th (q)Long jump 6.55 m

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References

  1. "College team profile". Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  2. Alexandra Wester at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Wester's giant leap into global championship contention". IAAF. 2 March 2016.