Valerie Constien

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Valerie Constien
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1996-03-21) March 21, 1996 (age 27)
Edwards, Colorado
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 3000 m steeplechase, Mile
College team Colorado Buffaloes
ClubTracksmith Amateur Support Program
Coached byMark Wetmor, Heather Burroughs
Achievements and titles
Personal bests

Valerie Constien (born March 21, 1996) is an American track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the US national champion in the 3000m steeplechase indoors. [1]

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Career

Constien is from Vail, Colorado and a 2014 graduate of Battle Mountain High School. She attended the University of Colorado following high school in the hope of being an environmental engineer. [2] Constein competes for the Tracksmith Amateur Support Program while being coached by Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs. In 2015, Constein ran at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Qingzhen, Guiyang finishing 62nd. [3]

Constien finished third on 24 June 2021 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon behind Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs to secure her place at the delayed 2020 Summer Games. The race went to form as Constien was the United States’ third-fastest steeplechaser heading into the Olympic Trials with a personal best of 9:25. [4] She also set a new personal best of 9:18.34 in the race. [5] Constein qualified for the final at tha Olympics in Tokyo and finished twelfth. [6]

In 2023, Constien won the US national indoor 3000m title in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [7] In April 2023, Constien signed a sponsorship deal with Nike. [8] Unfortunately for Constien, competing at the 2023 Diamond League event in Doha in May 2023, she suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury which required surgery. [9]

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References

  1. "Valerie CONSTIEN | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.
  2. LaConte, John. "Battle Mountain graduate Val Constien makes Olympic team". www.vaildaily.com.
  3. "Sport Interview - Valerie Constien". Environmental Engineering Program. March 20, 2015.
  4. "Tracksmith's Valerie Constien Is Ready To Shake Up The U.S. Olympic Trials Steeplechase". Citius Mag.
  5. Dutch, Taylor. "2021 Olympic Trials - Emma Coburn Wins Women's Steeplechase". www.runnersworld.com.
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  7. Sederquist, Ryan (February 21, 2023). "No sponsor? No problem: Val Constien wins 3,000-meter run title at USATF indoor national championships wearing University of Colorado singlet". vaildaily.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  8. "Val Constein signs with Nike". citius. April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  9. Sederquist, Ryan (May 25, 2023). "Val Constien learns injury from Diamond League event worse than expected". vaildaily. Retrieved July 10, 2023.