Schweizer at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships West preliminary rounds
Personal information
Nationality
United States
Born
(1996-05-04) May 4, 1996 (age 28)
Height
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country
United States
Sport
Track, long-distance running
Event(s)
1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, cross country, 10,000 m
College team
Missouri
Club
Bowerman Track Club
Turned pro
2018
Coached by
Jerry Schumacher
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2020 Tokyo
5000 m - 11th
10,000 m - 12th
World finals
2019 Doha
5000 m - 9th
Personal bests
Outdoor
800 m: 2:02.77 (Portland 2020)
1500 m: 4:00.02 (Portland 2020)
3000 m: 8:40.25 (Phoenix 2021)
5000 m: 14:26.34 (Portland 2020)
10,000 m: 30:18.05 (Eugene 2022)
Indoor
Mile: 4:27.54 i (New York 2018)
3000 m: 8:25.70 i AR (Boston 2020)
5000 m: 15:11.56 i (Boston 2019)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the United States
Karissa Schweizer (born May 4, 1996) is an American middle- and long-distance runner, Olympian and World Record holder in the women's 4x1500 meters relay. She competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters events finishing 11th and 12th, respectively. In 2020, she set the indoor 3000 meters American Record with a time of 8:25.70.[1]
Representing the University of Missouri, she won the 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships and holds five other NCAA individual championship titles including being the two-time NCAA Champion in the 5000 meters event.[2]
^Taylor Dutch (February 28, 2020). "Karissa Schweizer Shatters the 3,000-Meter American Record in Boston". Runner's World. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
^"As collegiate career ends, Karissa Schweizer reigns as most decorated Missouri athlete in school history".
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