Lisa Tertsch (born 1 December 1998) is a German triathlete and cross country runner.
Early life and education
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Lisa Tertsch was born in Offenbach am Main. She is a member of ASC Darmstadt. She studied economics at Harvard University,[2] from 2016 until summer 2021. In an interview with the FAZ she said, that until then, studying had been her top priority; sport was second. 2021 was also the Olympic qualification for Olympics in Tokyo, which she missed by a hair and she realized that if she pursued sports half-heartedly, it would be difficult to compete against competitors who invested more into sports.[3]
In August 2019, she won bronze in the women's U23 race at the Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.[5] That year, she took first place at the U23 European Championships and was number one in the European Cup rankings at the end of the season. In February 2020, she was named ETU Athlete of the Year.[6]
She became German champion over the triathlon sprint distance in Berlin in 2021 and again in Dusseldorf in 2023.[7]
She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In the individual race held on 31 July 2024, an early crash in the bike section put paid to hopes for medal but she came back to secure a top ten finish.[10][11] Later at the Games she won a gold medal as part of the German mixed relay team. The following month, in her first race since the Olympics she won the Valencia World Cup.[12]
Personal life
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