(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 35) Okshtun, Dibër, Albania
Height
1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight
45 kg (99 lb)
Military career
Service/branch
Albanian Armed Forces
Years of service
2022–[1]
Rank
Colonel
Sport
Country
Albania
Sport
Track and field
Event(s)
3000m steeplechase Middle-, Long-distance running
Coached by
Taulant Stërmasi
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Albania
European Games
2023 Kraków-Małopolska
3000 m s'chase
European Championships
2022 Munich
3000 m s'chase
2016 Amsterdam
3000 m s'chase
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona
3000 m s'chase
2022 Oran
3000 m s'chase
2013 Mersin
1500 m
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan
1500 m
Luiza Gega races the 2000 m steeplechase at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin meet
Luiza Gega (born 5 November 1988)[2] is an Albanian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase since 2016. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2016 European Championships, and a gold in 2022 setting the championship record in the process. Her silver was the first ever Albania’s European medal, while her gold was the first ever title for the country at the European Athletics Championships.[3]
Gega represented Albania at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the women's 3000 m steeplechase.[4][5][6]
She competed at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, finishing ninth, and at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, finishing fifth, both in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 2022 she became European Champion in that discipline, where previously, in 2016, she had been runner-up.
Gega is the Albanian record holder in the 800, 1500, 3000 (those three out and indoor), 5000, 10,000 metres, half-marathon and marathon distances as well as the 2000 and 3000 metres steeplechase.
^"Triumfi historik i Luiza Gegës si pasqyrë e mexhelisit tonë social-politik" [The historic triumph of Luiza Gega as a reflection of our social-political mexelis] (in Albanian). Prime Minister's Office (Albania). 25 August 2022. Sportistët e punësuar aktualisht pranë Ministrisë së Mbrojtjes, që do të përfitojnë nga ky ligj gradën e kolonelit janë: 1. Luiza GEGA – "Kolonel", 2. Briken CALJA – "Kolonel", 3. Nora GJAKOVA – "Kolonel", 4. Distria KRASNIQI – "Kolonel"
^"Luiza GEGA – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
^"Auf Wiedersehen Munich! Hosts Germany's best championships this century". European Athletics. 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
^"Athletics GEGA Luiza - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
^"Athlete Luiza Gega crosses the 3000 m steeplechase final". Oculus News. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
^Anonym. "Albanian athlete Luiza Gega finishes 13th in the world in the 3000m hurdles final | txtreport.com". www.txtreport.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
LuizaGega (born 5 November 1988) is an Albanian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase since 2016. She won the...
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Olympics "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023. "LuizaGega, the first Albanian athlete to qualify for the 'Paris 2024' Olympic Games...
Four athletes qualified based on their results, including track star LuizaGega, who won Gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in the 3000m steeplechase...
History for Albania at the Summer Olympics. In the 2020 Summer Olympics LuizaGega wrote history for Albania. As she would be the first athlete from Albania...
Albanian sports personalities including Erkand Qerimaj, Daniel Godelli and LuizaGega. On 10 September 2014 a budget of 605,262,310 Albanian lek was approved...
Bucharest. "Triumfi historik i Luiza Gegës si pasqyrë e mexhelisit tonë social-politik" [The historic triumph of LuizaGega as a reflection of our social-political...
77 kg event. "Triumfi historik i Luiza Gegës si pasqyrë e mexhelisit tonë social-politik" [The historic triumph of LuizaGega as a reflection of our social-political...
5:56.28 (2020). Winfred Yavi also ran 5:48.68i (2020), 5:56.83 (2019). LuizaGega also ran 6:00.07 (2019). Beatrice Chepkoech also ran 6:02.47 (2015). Winnie...
September 2021. "Triumfi historik i Luiza Gegës si pasqyrë e mexhelisit tonë social-politik" [The historic triumph of LuizaGega as a reflection of our social-political...
his third Olympics in the sprint freestyle, and middle-distance runner LuizaGega, who was selected to carry the nation's flag in the opening ceremony....
4:04.56 Corina Dumbrăvean Romania 24 July 2005 Novi Sad 5000 m 15:16.47 LuizaGega Albania 20 June 2022 2022 Championships Craiova, Romania 100 m hurdles...
including one gold medal, were won by third Division athletes; gold for LuizaGega of Albania in 3000 metre steeplechase, to add to her European Athletics...
middle-distance runner LuizaGega was announced to represent the country in the event. AlbanianSport.net (August 3, 2011), Atletikë / FSHA: LuizaGega, e vetme në...
trackinsun.blogspot.de. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013. "Gega ready for Belgrade with national record in Istanbul". European Athletics...
September 2021. "Triumfi historik i Luiza Gegës si pasqyrë e mexhelisit tonë social-politik" [The historic triumph of LuizaGega as a reflection of our social-political...
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