Kjersti Plätzer

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Olympic medal record
Women's
athletics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing[1] 20 km walk

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

2004 Olympic Games in Athens and 4th in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she again won a silver medal in the 20 kilometres race.[2][3]

Born in Os, Hordaland, she is the older sister of Erik Tysse and is married to former German middle distance runner Stephan Plätzer, who is also her coach. They have two children, Kiara Lea and Sebastian.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Norway
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 5th 5000m 23:09.99
European Championships
Stuttgart, West Germany 11th 10 km 48:28
1987 World Race Walking Cup New York City, United States 17th 10 km 46:28
1994
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
16th 10 km 46:10
1998
European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
9th 10 km 43:49
1999 World Championships
Seville, Spain
9th 20 km 1:32:42
2000
European Race Walking Cup
Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 3rd 20 km 1:27:53
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
2nd
20 km
1:29:33
2001
European Race Walking Cup
Dudince, Slovakia 20 km DNF
World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
20 km DSQ
2002
European Championships
Munich, Germany
20 km
DSQ
2003 World Championships
Paris, France
20 km DSQ
2004 Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
12th
20 km
1:30:49
2006
European Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
4th
20 km
1:28:45
2007 World Championships
Osaka, Japan
4th 20 km 1:31:24
2008 Olympic Games
Beijing, China
2nd
20 km
1:27:07
2009 World Championships
Berlin, Germany
20 km DSQ

References

  1. ^ Berglund, Nina. "Norway walks to silver". Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  2. ^ Solholm, Rolleiv. "Olympic Women's Walk: Silver for Norway". The Norway Post. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  3. ^ "Athlete Biography PLATZER Kjersti Tysse". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-02. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

2007 World Championships in Osaka,Japan 20 km 4th place 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China 20 km 2nd place

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