Kristiina Mäkelä

Kristiina Mäkelä

Kristiina Mäkelä in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 Orimattila, Finland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	Template:Unit weight
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Triple jump
Club	Orimattilan Jymy
Coached by	Markku Mäkinen Jarkko Kumpulainen

Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the final.

Her personal bests in the event are 14.24 m. outdoors (-0.2 m/s, 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and 14.20 m. indoors (Botnia Games 2015 & 2016, Mustasaari, Finland). The latter is the current national record.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Finland
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	6th	Triple jump	13.03 m
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tampere, Finland	2nd	Triple jump	13.14 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	7th	Triple jump	13.26 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	2nd	Triple jump	13.67 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	Triple jump	NM
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	8th	Triple jump	13.66 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	13th (q)	Triple jump	13.83 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	6th	Triple jump	14.07 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th	Triple jump	13.95 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th	Triple jump	13.95 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	8th	Triple jump	13.73 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	16th (q)	Triple jump	13.92 m
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	16th	Triple jump	13.73 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th	Triple jump	14.01 m