Vanessa Grimm (athlete)

Vanessa Grimm (born 22 April 1997) is a German heptathlete.[1]

Vanessa Grimm
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6323 (Götzis 2022)

Career

Grimm won the German national indoor pentathlon title in Leverkusen in February 2020.[2][3]

Grimm recorded a personal best heptathlon score of 6316 on 30 May 2021 at the Mösle-Stadium, Götzis.[4] She also competed in the heptathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

She missed a lot of competitive action in 2022, including a home European Championships, due to a cruciate ligament tear in her knee.[6]

Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she finished in 14th place overall.[7]

Personal life

From Hofgeismar, Grimm works as a police officer in Frankfurt.[8]

References
  1. Vanessa Grimm at World Athletics
  2. Storm, Katja (28 January 2022). "The Rise of Vanessa Grimm". faz.net. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. Koken, Harold (February 2, 2020). "Vanessa Grimm wins the pentathlon title with a house record". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. Remsperger, Thorsten (1 June 2021). "Vanessa Grimm becomes a candidate for the Olympics". fnp.de. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. "Vanessa Grimm". Olympics.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  6. Scholz, Martin (21 January 2023). "Vanessa Grimm starts the World Cup year with optimism". hna.de. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. "Women's Heptathlon Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. Reichert, Sebastian (5 May 2020). "Vanessa Grimm: Not just training with car tires". hna.de. Retrieved 20 August 2023.


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