# Alexandra Wester

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**Alexandra Valerie Wester** (born 21 March 1994) is a German athlete specialising in the [long jump](/source/Long_jump).[2] She made her major competition debut at the [2016 World Indoor Championships](/source/2016_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) finishing sixth.

She was born in [The Gambia](/source/The_Gambia) to a German father and a [Ghanaian](/source/Ghana) mother.[3] Earlier in her career, she competed in [combined events](/source/Combined_events) but decided to specialise in the long jump after problems with injuries.

Her personal bests in the event are 6.79 metres outdoors (Oberteuringen 2016) and 6.95 metres indoors (Berlin 2016).

## Competition record

Representing 2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 6th Long jump 6.67 m European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 7th Long jump 6.51 m Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 34th (q) Long jump 5.98 m 2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 8th Long jump 6.53 m World Championships London, United Kingdom 23rd (q) Long jump 6.27 m 2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (q) Long jump 6.55 m

## References

1. ["College team profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160403185340/http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=209612807). *hurricanesports.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28700&ATCLID=209612807) on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

1. ["Wester's giant leap into global championship contention"](http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/alexandra-wester-german-long-jump). IAAF. 2 March 2016.

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