Olivia Gürth

Olivia Gürth (born 31 May 2002) is a German track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the European U23 champion in the 3000m steeplechase.

Career
Gürth runs for Diezer TSK Oraniens in Diez, Germany. She won gold at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, in the 3000m steeplechase. In the autumn of 2022, she began training in Frankfurt under Wolfgang Heinig, alongside the likes of Gesa Krause and Maruša Mišmaš.

Gürth won gold at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023, recording a championship record time of 9:26.98 in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase. She is only the fifth German women in history to run under 9:30.00 for the event.

Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the final, running a 9:24.28 personal best in her heat. In the final she also ran a personal best, finishing fourteenth in 9:20.08. She made her Diamond League debut in August 2023, in Zürich.

In May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.