Kristiina Mäkelä

Kristiina Mäkelä
Kristiina Mäkelä in 2022
Personal information
Born (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992
Orimattila, Finland
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventTriple jump
ClubOrimattilan Jymy
Coached byJarkko Kumpulainen (-2014), Jarkko Kumpulainen & Markku Leppänen (2014-2015), Markku Leppänen (2015-2016), Suren Ghazaryan (2016-2018), Tuomas Sallinen (2018-)
Medal record
European Championships
2022 MunichTriple jump

Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Athletics Championships, with the best result of 9th in 2022 . Her personal bests in the event are 14.64 m outdoors (achieved in 2022 in Munich, Germany) and 14.38 m indoors (2019, Gallur, Madrid, Spain).