Serina Riedel

Serina Riedel

Personal information
Born	(2003-04-12) 12 April 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon: 6322 (Gotzis, 2025)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Germany European U23 Championships 2025 Bergen Heptathlon World U20 Championships 2022 Cali Heptathlon

Serina Riedel (born 12 April 2003) is a German multi-event athlete. ^[1]

Career

Riedel began training in athletics at TSV Zeulenroda in her childhood and was clearing four metres in the high jump by the time she was nine years-old. She broke the German under-18 record for the heptathlon in August 2020 at the German Combined Events Championships in Vaterstetten, scoring 5,818 points, having come close to breaking the record the previous month in Halle, missing the record by just 22 points. ^{[2] [3]}

Riedel won a silver medal in August 2022 at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the two-day heptathlon event in Cali, Colombia, finishing behind gold medal winner Saga Vanninen but ahead of compatriot Sandrina Sprengel, having been fifth in the competition after the first day of the event. ^{[4] [5]}

Reidel passed 6000 points for the heptathlon for the first time in winning the Thorpe Cup in July 2024 with 6078 points 2024, finishing ahead of Allie Jones of the United States, who scored 6062 points. ^{[6] [7]}

Riedel set a personal best of 6322 points for the heptathlon at the 2025 Hypo-Meeting in Gotzis, placing seventh overall, with her tally including four individual personal bests. ^{[8] [9] [10]} She was a bronze medalist in the heptathlon at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, in July, finishing behind gold medal winner Saga Vanninen and silver medalist Abigail Pawlett of Great Britain, winning bronze with 6183 points and overtaking Greek athlete Anastasia Ntragkomirova in the final race, over 800 metres. ^[11]

References

1. "Serina Riedel". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
2. "Interview of the week: Serina Riedel: "I'm a real little fighter"". Leictathletik. August 24, 2020. Retrieved 4 Nov 2025.
3. "Vaterstetten Tag 1: Serina Riedel in starkem U18-Feld auf Bestleistungskurs". Leictathletik. August 21, 2020. Retrieved 4 Nov 2025.
4. Smythe, Steve (5 August 2022). "YEMI MARY JOHN STORMS TO WORLD JUNIOR 400M GOLD". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
5. "Three things to follow on day four in Cali: history in the making". World Athletics. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
6. "MCMORRIS LEADS U.S. MEN TO THORPE CUP VICTORY". usatf.org. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
7. "Thorpe Cup". World Athletics. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
8. "Hall scores meeting record of 7032 in Götzis, Skotheim claims decathlon". World Athletics. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
9. "Results - Hypomeeting Gotzis 2025". Watch Athletics. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
10. "Anna Hall joins the 7,000-point club, Serina Riedel shows significant improvement". Leictathletik. June 1, 2025. Retrieved 4 Nov 2025.
11. Mills, Steven (20 Jul 2025). "Championship record! 6563 points for Vanninen to win heptathlon gold". European Championships. Retrieved 20 July 2025.