Isabel Posch

Isabel Posch

Personal information
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon : 6107 (Chengdu, 2023) Pentathlon: 4174 (Linz, 2024)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Austria Summer World University Games 2021 Chengdu Heptathlon

Isabel Posch (born 28 February 2000) is an Austrian multi-event athlete. She has won national indoor titles in the long jump and the pentathlon.[1]

Early life

From Vorarlberg,[2] she is member of TS Lustenau in Lustenau.[3]

Career

She became national indoor champion in the pentathlon in Linz in 2023 setting a new Austrian national record points tally, beating the previous record set by Chiara Schuler in 2022.[4][5] At the same Austrian championships she won the national indoor title in the long jump with a distance of 6.14 metres.[6]

She went past 6000 points in the heptathlon for the first time at the Hypomeeting in Gotzis in May 2023, with her efforts including a 6.43m personal best in the long jump.[7] In August 2023, she won the heptathlon at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games. Separately, she also reached the final of the women's long jump at the championships.[8][9]

She retained her national indoors long jump title with a distance of 6.19 meters in Linz in February 2024.[10]

She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[11]

References

1. "Isabel Posch". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
2. "Isabel Posch was robbed of her starting place at the European Championships!". Krone.at. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
3. "Another medal for Isabel Posch from TS Lustenau". vol.at. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
4. "ISABEL POSCH AUSTRIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION IN 7-FIGHT". tvteufen. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
5. "Posch pulverized the Ländle record in Linz". Krone.at. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
6. "Austrian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
7. "Hypomeeting Götzis - Isabel Posch exceeds 6000 points". oelv.at. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
8. "World University Games Chengdu Tag 5: Gold für Isabel Posch im Siebenkampf". oelv.at. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
9. Düsner, Jochen (1 August 2023). "Isabel Posch sorgt für traumhaften Auftakt". vol.at. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
10. "Medaillen, Rekorde und Bestleistungen". vol.at. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
11. "Isabel Posch competes at the European Athletics Championships in Rome". Krone.at. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.