Vanessa Grimm
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventHeptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHeptathlon: 6323 (Götzis 2022)

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

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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