Adia Budde
German athlete (born 2005)
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Adia Budde (born 29 July 2005) is a German middle-distance runner and steeplechaser. She won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 German Athletics Championships.[1]
1500m: 4:15.42 (Dortmund, 2026)
3000m: 9:22.11 (Rostock, 2023)
5000m: 16:14.32 (Wassenburg, 2024)
3000m s'chase: 9:32.14 (Bergen, 2025)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:05.07 (Tübingen, 2025) 1500m: 4:15.42 (Dortmund, 2026) 3000m: 9:22.11 (Rostock, 2023) 5000m: 16:14.32 (Wassenburg, 2024) 3000m s'chase: 9:32.14 (Bergen, 2025) |
Career
From Schleswig-Holstein, she began in athletics at seven years-old at TSV Altenholz near Kiel. She trained as a young athlete under the guidance of coach Karsten Ralfs. initially a multi-event athlete, she led the German under-15 standings in pentathlon in 2020. The following year, she won a medal in the 2000 metres steeplechase in the U18 age group at the German Youth Championships [2]
In July 2022, she won the silver medal behind compatriot Jolanda Kallabis in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships, in Jerusalem, Israel running 6:28.09 to finish ahead of Denmark's Sofia Thøgersen, with all three inside the previous championship record.[3][4] In August 2023, she won the silver medal in Jerusalem at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships, running 10:07.34 for the 3000 metres steeplechase.[5]
Budde became the 2024 German U20 5000 metres champion.[6] She placed sixth in the final of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, running a personal best time of 9:49.11. At the end of that year, she moved from Schleswig-Holstein to Tübingen with LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen.[7][8][2]
The following spring in Brussels, she lowered her personal best for the 3000 metres steeplechase by more than 16 seconds to 9:32.47 minutes. This moved her on the German all-time list into the top six.[7] Budde lowered her personal best again to 9:32.14 as she won the bronze medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway, behind Ilona Mononen of Finland and Spaniard Marta Serrano.[2][9][10] She also won the bronze medal behind Mononen at the 2025 World Summer University Games in Bochum, over 3000 metres.[11] Budde won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 German Athletics Championships in Dresden in 9:45.48.[2]
Competing indoors over 1500 metres she was runner-up to defending champion Majtie Kolberg at the 2026 German Indoor Athletics Championships in Dortmund.[12] Competing for Germany in the Short Mixed Relay at the World University Cross Country Championships in March 2026, Budde won the bronze medal.[13]