.jpg) Schweizer at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships West preliminary rounds | |||||||||
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||
| Born | May 4, 1996 | ||||||||
| Home town | Urbandale, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||
| Sport | Track, long-distance running | ||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, cross country, 10,000 m | ||||||||
| College team | Missouri | ||||||||
| Club | Bowerman Track Club | ||||||||
| Turned pro | 2018 | ||||||||
| Coached by | Jerry Schumacher | ||||||||
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| Olympic finals |
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Karissa Schweizer (born May 4, 1996) is an American middle- and long-distance runner, Olympian and World Record holder in the women's 4x1500 meters relay. She competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 meters and 10,000 meters events finishing 11th and 12th, respectively. In 2020, she set the indoor 3000 meters American Record with a time of 8:25.70.[1]
Representing the University of Missouri, she won the 2016 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships and holds five other NCAA individual championship titles including being the two-time NCAA Champion in the 5000 meters event.[2]
- ^ Taylor Dutch (February 28, 2020). "Karissa Schweizer Shatters the 3,000-Meter American Record in Boston". Runner's World. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "As collegiate career ends, Karissa Schweizer reigns as most decorated Missouri athlete in school history".