| Olivia Gürth | |
| Nationality: | German |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 3000m steeplechase |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 2002 |
| Pb: | 800m: 2:03.70 (Pfungstadt, 2023) 1500m: 4:14.86 (Rehlingen, 2023) 3000m: 9:12.76 (Regensberg, 2023) 3000m Steeplechase: 9:20.08 (Budepest, 2023) |
Olivia Gürth (born 31 May 2002) is a German track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the European U23 champion in the 3000m steeplechase.[1]
Gürth runs for Diezer TSK Oraniens in Diez, Germany.[2] She won gold at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, in the 3000m steeplechase.[3] In the autumn of 2022, she began training in Frankfurt under Wolfgang Heinig, alongside the likes of Gesa Krause and Maruša Mišmaš.[4]
Gürth won gold at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023, recording a championship record time of 9:26.98 in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.[5] She is onlythe fifth German women in history to run under 9:30.00 for the event.[6]
Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the final, running a 9:24.28 personal best in her heat. In the final she also ran a personal best, finishing fourteenth in 9:20.08.[7] She made her Diamond League debut in August 2023, in Zürich.[8]
In May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[9]