Lisa Merkel

Lisa Merkel
Personal information
Born (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Long-distance running, Cross Country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000m: 8:58.63 (Pliezhausen, 2025)
5000m: 15:21.00 (Karlsruhe, 2024)
10000m: 31:32.25 (San Juan Capistrano, 2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
European Cross Country Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Lagoa U23 team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Brussels U23 team

Lisa Merkel (born 20 January 2003) is a German cross country and long-distance runner.[1]

Biography

A member of LG Region Karlsruhe, Merkel set the fastest time at the Olympiaberg cross-country race in Munich in 2023, winning the under-23 race, but faster than the winner of the women's race.[2] Merkel placed seventh at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo. Finland, over 5000 metres.[3] She was the highest German finisher as the team won the silver medal in the team under-23 race at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, alongside Mia Jurenka, Jessica Keller, and Anneke Vortmeier.[4][5]

By 2024, a member of LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen, Merkel made her major championship debut representing Germany and placed ninth at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024, in the women's 10,000 metres race.[6][7] The following month, she won the German U23 title over 5000 metres in Monchengladbach.[8]

Merkel competed for Germany in the 10km at the 2025 European Running Championships in Belgium, placing seventeenth overall.[9] At the German 10,000 metres Championships in Hamburg in May 2025, she finished third overall and was the leading runner in the U23 category.[10]

Merkel placed fourth at the German Cross Country Championships in Darmstadt in November 2025.[11] She was subsequently selected for the under-23 race at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal, placing fourth in the individual race and winning the silver medal in the team competition alongside Kira Weis and Pia Schlattmann.[12][13]

In March 2026, she ran a 10,000 metres personal best of 31:32.25 at The Ten in San Juan Capistrano.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Merkel". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Lisa Merkel Schnellste beim Auftakt der Cross-Saison". Leichtathletik. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Lisa Merkel is ranked seventh in Europe". lgr-. July 15, 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  4. ^ "29th SPAR European Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 Dec 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ^ "Relay silver for Emily Junginger and Mia Jurenka at the European Cross Country Championships". 10 Dec 2023. Retrieved 16 Dec 2025.
  6. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  7. ^ Neumann, Martin (11 June 2024). "Lisa Merkel überzeugt bei Gold-Double von Nadia Battocletti als Neunte". Leichtathletik. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  8. ^ "German U23 Championships". World Athletics. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  9. ^ "European Running Championships". World Athletics. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  10. ^ "German 10,000 metres championships". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  11. ^ "German Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 28 Nov 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  12. ^ Broadbent, Chris (14 Dec 2025). "Spain's Forero holds off Mononen for women's U23 gold in Lagoa 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  13. ^ "DLV nominiert 28 Läuferinnen und Läufer für die Cross-EM". Leichtathletik. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 12 Dec 2025.
  14. ^ Mills, Steven (29 Mar 2026). "Under 27 minutes! Abdilaahi shatters German 10,000m record with 26:56.58". European Athletics. Retrieved 29 March 2026.

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