Kira Weis

Kira Weis
Personal information
Born (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long distance running, Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000m: 9:06.79 (Rostock, 2023)
5000m: 15:42.94 (Ulm, 2025)
10,000m: 32:36.62 (Bergen, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Jerusalem 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2025 Bergen 10,000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Brussels U20 team

Kira Weis (born 16 March 2004) is a German long-distance runner.[1]

Career

She is from Gerlingen and made her international debut for Germany over 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, placing talent overall in 16:57.[2] She won the German U20 cross country title in November 2022.[3] She finished sixth in the U20 individual race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy. [4]

She won the silver medal at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships over 5000 metres in Jerusalem, Israel, running a personal best 15:50.36 to finish behind Agate Caune of Latvia and ahead of Sofia Thøgersen of Denmark.[5] In October 2023, in Lucerne, Switzerland she ran a 10km road personal best of 32:31 minutes.[6] She finished fourth in the individual U20 race and won the bronze medal in the team U20 event at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels.[7] At the Sandharlanden Silvesterlauf, Weis ran 10km in 32:19 to break the German U20 record of 32:24 previously held by Konstanze Klosterhalfen.[8] Later that year, Weis was named Germany's young female runner of the year.[9]

In May 2024, she finished fifth in 33:06.40 at the senior German 10,000 metres Championships in Wassenberg.[10] She won the silver medal over 10,000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway on 18 July 2025 behind Irishwoman Anika Thompson, running a personal best time of 32:36.62 and finishing ahead of German compatriots Carolina Schäfer who won bronze, and fourth-placed Nele Heymann.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Kira Weis". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  2. ^ "World Championship debut for Kira Weis". ksg-runningteam.de. September 11, 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Kurt Lauer und Kira Weis machen als U20-Sieger das EM-Ticket klar". leichtathletik.de. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. ^ "28th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Kira Weis rennt mit fantastischer Bestzeit auf den Silberrang". Leichtathletik.de (in German). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Kira Weis nähert sich der deutschen U20-Bestleistung von Konstanze Klosterhalfen". Leichtathletik.de (in German). 30 October 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Christensen and FitzGerald take the U20 honours in Brussels". European Athletics. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Battocletti crowns her season with historic victory on home soil over 5km in Bolzano". European Athletics. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Kira Weis Nachwuchsläuferin des Jahres". Wlv-sport.de. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. ^ "German 10,000m Championship". World Athletics. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ^ Broadbent, Chris (18 July 2025). "Thompson wins Ireland's second ever European U23 gold at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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