Adia Budde (born 29 July 2005) is a German middle-distance runner and steeplechaser. She won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 German Athletics Championships.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:05.07 (Tübingen, 2025) 1500m: 4:15.42 (Dortmund, 2026) 3000m: 9:22.11 (Rostock, 2023) 5000m: 16:14.32 (Wassenburg, 2024) 3000m s'chase: 9:32.14 (Bergen, 2025) |
Career
editFrom Schleswig-Holstein, she began in athletics at seven years-old at TSV Altenholz near Kiel. She trained as a young athlete under the guidance of coach Karsten Ralfs. initially a multi-event athlete, she led the German under-15 standings in pentathlon in 2020. The following year, she won a medal in the 2000 metres steeplechase in the U18 age group at the German Youth Championships [2]
In July 2022, she won the silver medal behind compatriot Jolanda Kallabis in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships, in Jerusalem, Israel running 6:28.09 to finish ahead of Denmark's Sofia Thøgersen, with all three inside the previous championship record.[3][4] In August 2023, she won the silver medal in Jerusalem at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships, running 10:07.34 for the 3000 metres steeplechase.[5]
Budde became the 2024 German U20 5000 metres champion.[6] She placed sixth in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, running a personal best time of 9:49.11. At the end of that year, she moved from Schleswig-Holstein to Tübingen with LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen.[7][8][2]
The following spring in Brussels, she lowered her personal best for the 3000 metres steeplechase by more than 16 seconds to 9:32.47 minutes. This moved her on the German all-time list into the top six.[7] Budde lowered her personal best again to 9:32.14 as she won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, behind Ilona Mononen of Finland and Spaniard Marta Serrano.[2][9][10] She also won the bronze medal behind Mononen at the 2025 World Summer University Games in Bochum, over 3000 metres.[11] Budde won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 German Athletics Championships in Dresden in 9:45.48.[2]
Competing indoors over 1500 metres she was runner-up to defending champion Majtie Kolberg at the 2026 German Indoor Athletics Championships in Dortmund.[12] Competing for Germany in the Short Mixed Relay at the World University Cross Country Championships in March 2026, Budde won the bronze medal.[13]
References
edit- ↑ "Adia Budde". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Adia Budde – The first step in the new environment is a big one". Leichtathletik.de. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Dominant Kallabis shatters championship record for 2000m steeplechase gold". European Athletics. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Laros and reigning champion FitzGerald the U20 favourites in Antalya". European Athletics. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Steeplechasers triumph in Brussels". Leichtathletik. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "DLV-Team mit zahlreichen Medaillenchancen auf dem Weg nach Bergen". Leichtathletik.de. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (19 July 2025). "Werro smashes championship record to win 800m gold, Mononen wins gritty steeplechase gold". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "Martin and Probst celebrate title hat trick, Alexander Stepanov storms to the best time on his own". Leichtathletik.de. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "The first FISU medals of 2026 have found their winners!". Fisu.net. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 16 March 2026.