Nova Kienast
German hammer thrower (born 2007)
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Nova Kienast (born 24 July 2007) is a German hammer throw. She set a world under-18 best distance with the 3kg hammer in December 2024.[1]
3 kg: 78.16 m (2024) WU18B
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| Born | 24 July 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Hammer: 68.54 m (2025), 3 kg: 78.16 m (2024) WU18B | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
She trained under Thomas Brack in Berlin, but also spent time in Canada in 2024 in the same training group as Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg.[2]
She threw 72.17 metres to win the 3kg hammer throw at the German U18 Championships in Monchengladbach in July 2024.[3][4] She won the bronze medal in the 3kg hammer throw at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships with a throw of 71.72m in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[5][6] She placed fifth in the 4kg hammer throw at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, with 63.81 metres as a 17-year-old.[7][8]
In December 2024, Kienast set a new U18 world best for the 3kg hammer throw whilst competing in the United States in Mesa, Arizona, with a throw of 78.16 meters.[9] The previous longest throw by a U18 athlete with the 3kg hammer was achieved by Réka Gyurátz of Hungary with 76.04 m in 2013. She would go on to throw to 78.34 meters a day later in Tucson, Arizona. Kienast became a member of SCC Berlin in 2025 having previously been a member of SV Preußen Berlin.[10][11]
In March 2025, she set a new German U20 record for the hammer throw with a throw of 68.54 metres whilst competing in Canada, breaking the record set by Bianca Achilles in the late 1990s.[12][13] In August, she won the gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, moving from fourth to first with her final round throw of 67.93 metres.[14]
