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{{Short description|German javelin thrower (born 1994)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image          = 20150726 1549 DM Leichtathletik Frauen Speerwurf 1048.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Hussong at the [[2015 German Athletics Championships]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1994|03|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Zweibrücken]], Germany
| nationality    = German
| height         = 1.86 m
| weight         = 84 kg
| country        = {{GER}}
| sport          = [[Track and field]]
| event          = [[Javelin throw]]
| club           = TV Thaleischweiler (until 2012)<br>[[LAZ Zweibrücken]] (2012–)
| collegeteam    = 
| coach          = Udo Hussong
| highestranking =
| pb             = 69.19 [[metre|m]] (2021)
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country | {{GER}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 Berlin]]|[[2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships|2015 Tallinn]]|Javelin throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2013 European Athletics Junior Championships|2013 Rieti]]|Javelin throw}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2011 Lille]]|Javelin throw}}
{{Medal|Country |{{flagicon|Europe}} [[European Athletic Association|Europe]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2018 IAAF Continental Cup|2018 Ostrava]]|Javelin throw }}
| updated        = 9 September 2018
}}

'''Christin Hussong''' (born 17 March 1994) is a German [[track and field]] athlete who competes in the [[javelin throw]]. She has won gold at the [[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2011 World Youth Championships]], [[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships|2015 European U23 Championships]] and at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 European Championships]]. Hussong holds the [[List of European Athletics Championships records|European Championships record]] with her personal best throw of 69.19 [[metre|m]].

She is a member of [[LAZ Zweibrücken]]'s track and field squad and is coached by her father, Udo Hussong.<ref name="laz">{{cite web |url=http://www.laz.de/athleten/christin-hussong |title=Christin Hussong |publisher=LAZ Zweibrücken |language=German |accessdate=22 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508061423/http://www.laz.de/athleten/christin-hussong |archive-date=8 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pfaelzischer-merkur.de/titelseite/aufmacher/Aufmacher-Zweibruecken-Speerwurf;art27803,4865227 |date=18 July 2013 |accessdate=22 July 2015 |author=Kissel, Svenja |title=LAZ-Speerwerferin Christin Hussong startet bei der U20-EM in Rieti |publisher=Pfälzischer Merkur |language=German |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723043718/http://www.pfaelzischer-merkur.de/titelseite/aufmacher/Aufmacher-Zweibruecken-Speerwurf;art27803,4865227 |archive-date=23 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
===2010–2015===
Hussong represented Germany in the girls' javelin throw at the [[Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' javelin throw|2010 Summer Youth Olympics]], placing fourth with a throw of 49.89&nbsp;m. Her season best that year, 55.35&nbsp;m, ranked her third in the world among youth athletes.<ref name="tp">{{tilastopaja|id=68142|sex=w}}</ref><ref name="gjt">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/girls-javelin-throw-final-another-world-you |date=7 July 2015 |accessdate=22 July 2015 |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) |title=Girls' Javelin Throw Final - Another World Youth lead for Hussong}}</ref>

Hussong improved her personal best to 59.74&nbsp;m at the [[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2011 World Youth Championships]], winning gold by more than five metres and setting a new [[IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics#Girls|championship record]]; the [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] named her Rising Star of the Year in women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]].<ref name="gjt"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/bolt-and-pearson-are-world-athletes-of-the-ye-1 |title=Bolt and Pearson are World Athletes of the Year – 2011 World Athletics Gala |publisher=IAAF |date=12 November 2011 |accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref> 59.74&nbsp;m remained Hussong's personal best until 2014; at the [[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2012 World Junior Championships]] she threw 53.20&nbsp;m in her best effort and placed seventh, while at the [[2013 European Athletics Junior Championships|2013 European Junior Championships]] she threw 57.90&nbsp;m and won silver, one centimetre behind gold medalist [[Sofi Flink]] of Sweden.<ref name="tp"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-junior-championships/news/article=championship-record-for-chalyy-britain-top-rieti-medal-table/ |title=Championship record for Chalyy as Britain top Rieti medal table |publisher=[[European Athletics]] |date=21 July 2013 |accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, Hussong broke 60 metres for the first time, winning with a throw of 60.26&nbsp;m at the German [[Under-23 athletics|U23]] Championships on 15 June. A month later, she threw 63.34&nbsp;m at the [[Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern]] meeting, setting a German U23 record and meeting the qualifying standard for the [[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]].<ref name="tp"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/christin-hussong-stoesst-in-europas-spitze-vor/ |publisher=leichtathletik.de |title=Christin Hussong stößt in Europas Spitze vor |date=15 July 2014 |accessdate=22 July 2015 |language=German}}</ref> At the [[2014 European Athletics Championships|2014 European Championships]] she threw 61.13&nbsp;m in the qualification round and 59.29&nbsp;m in the final, [[2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|placing seventh]].<ref name="tp"/>

In March 2015, she won gold with a throw of 60.81 m at the [[2015 European Cup Winter Throwing#Under-23|2015 European U23 Throwing Cup]]. In July, she [[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's javelin throw|won gold]] at the [[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships|2015 European U23 Championships]] with a  65.60&nbsp;m throw, seven metres ahead of second place. This 65.60 m throw broke both her own German U23 record and [[Madara Palameika]]'s [[European Athletics U23 Championships#championship record|championship record]] and moved Hussong to second (behind [[Mariya Abakumova]]) on the [[List of European under-23 records in athletics|European U23 all-time list]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/news/article=kaya-and-haase-the-double-euro-u23-champs/ |title=Kaya and Haase do the double at Euro U23 Champs |publisher=European Athletics |date=12 July 2015 |accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/gold-und-u23-rekord-christin-hussong-wirft-6560-meter/ |title=Gold und U23-Rekord: Christin Hussong wirft 65,60 Meter |author=Neumann, Martin |date=11 July 2015 |accessdate=22 July 2015 |language=German |publisher=leichtathletik.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/dlv-team-beeindruckt-als-beste-nation-in-tallinn/ |title=DLV-Team beeindruckt als beste Nation in Tallinn |author=Neumann, Martin |publisher=leichtathletik.de |accessdate=22 July 2015 |date=13 July 2015 |language=German}}</ref> She then competed at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 World Championships]] in August. She placed first in the qualification round with a personal best throw of 65.92 m and [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|finished sixth]] in the final with a 62.98 m effort.

===2016–present===
In March 2016, she competed at the [[2016 European Throwing Cup]], where she won gold with a 61.80 m throw. In June, she set a new personal best of 66.41 m at the [[2016 German Athletics Championships]], winning the competition in the process. The next month, she competed at the [[2016 European Athletics Championships|2016 European Championships]], where she [[2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|placed seventeenth]] with a 57.17 m throw in the qualification round and did not make it to the final. In August, Hussong represented her homeland at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. She advanced through the qualification round with a throw of 62.17 m and [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|placed twelfth]] in the final with a 57.70 m throw.

In March 2017, she competed at the [[2017 European Throwing Cup]], where she won bronze with a 59.00 m throw. In July, she placed first at the 2017 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern with a seasonal best throw of 64.18 m.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laz.de/wettkaempfe/spitzen-leichtathletik-luzern-2017 |title=Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern 2017	 |website=laz.de}}</ref> In August, she participated in the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]]. She [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|placed seventeenth]] in the qualification round with a throw of 60.86 m and did not make it through to the final.<ref>{{cite web|title=Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Summary|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-JT-W-q----.RS4.pdf|website=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]|accessdate=9 Aug 2017}}</ref> Later that month, she competed at the [[Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade|2017 Summer Universiade]]. She topped the qualification round with a 60.18 m throw then [[Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw|finished fifth]] in the final with a 60.59 m effort.

In July 2018, Hussong won gold at the German Athletics Championships for a second time, with a throw of 63.54 m.<ref>[https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/artikel/christin-hussong-holt-meistertitel-im-speerwerfen/ Christin Hussong holt Meistertitel im Speerwerfen] Die Rheinpfalz</ref> In August, she [[2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|won gold]] at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships]]. She won the qualifying round with a personal best throw of 67.29 m, and in the final set another personal best—and [[List of European Athletics Championships records|championship record]]—throw of 67.90 m, over six metres further than silver medallist [[Nikola Ogrodníková]].<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/2018/athletics/event/womens-javelin-throw/phase=atw053900/index.html Javelin Throw Women] European Athletic Association</ref><ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-christin-hussong-sets-javelin-record-at-european-championships/a-45042932 Germany's Christin Hussong sets javelin record at European Championships] Deutsche Welle</ref> She won silver at the [[2018 IAAF Continental Cup]] in September.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/report-womens-javelin-throw-iaaf-continenta Report: women's javelin - IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018] IAAF</ref>

Hussong opened her 2019 season by winning a silver medal at the [[2019 European Throwing Cup]] in March with a throw of 65.47 m, thus surpassing the World Championships qualifying standard of 61.50 m.<ref>[https://www.focus.de/sport/leichtathletik/winterwurf-europacup-christin-hussong-eroeffnet-die-saison-mit-wm-norm_id_10431861.html Winterwurf-Europacup - Christin Hussong eröffnet die Saison mit WM-Norm] ''Focus''</ref> At the [[2019 World Athletics Championships]] from 30 September to 1 October, Hussong placed [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|fourth in the final]], throwing 65.21 m.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/world-championships-doha-2019-women-javelin-r Report: women's javelin - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019] IAAF</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{GER}}
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|[[Lille, France]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|59.74 m
|-
|2012
|[[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|7th
|[[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|53.20 m]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 European Junior Championships in Athletics|European Junior Championships]]
|[[Rieti, Italy]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|57.90 m
|-
|2014
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Zürich, Switzerland]]
|7th
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|59.29 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2015
|[[2015 European Cup Winter Throwing#Under-23|European U23 Throwing Cup]]
|[[Leiria, Portugal]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|60.91 m
|-
|[[2015 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Tallinn, Estonia]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|65.60 m
|-
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|6th
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|62.98 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2016
|[[2016 European Throwing Cup|European Throwing Cup]]
|[[Arad, Romania]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|61.80 m
|-
|[[2016 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Amsterdam, Netherlands]]
|17th (q)
|[[2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|57.17 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]
|12th
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|57.70 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|[[2017 European Throwing Cup|European Throwing Cup]]
|[[Las Palmas|Las Palmas, Spain]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|59.00 m
|-
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[London, England]]
|17th (q)
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|60.86 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Taipei, Taiwan]]
|5th
|[[Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw|60.59 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2018
|[[2018 European Throwing Cup|European Throwing Cup]]
|[[Leiria, Portugal]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|60.02 m
|-
|[[2018 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|[[2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|67.90 m]], '''[[List of European Athletics Championships records|CR]]'''
|-
|[[2018 IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]
|[[Ostrava, Czech Republic]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|62.96 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|[[2019 European Throwing Cup|European Throwing Cup]]
|[[Šamorín]], Slovakia
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|65.47 m
|-
|[[2019 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|4th
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|65.21 m]]
|-
|2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|9th
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|59.94 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2024
|[[2024 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Rome, Italy]]
|4th
|[[2024 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|61.92 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|18th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|59.99 m]]
|}

==Seasonal bests by year==
{{Graph:Chart
 | width = 400
 | height = 200
 | type = line
 | xAxisTitle = Year
 | yAxisTitle = Metres
 | yAxisMax = 70
 | yAxisMin = 48
 | showValues = true
 | showSymbols = true
 | legend = Event
 | y1Title = Javelin throw
 | x = 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
 | y1 = 49.93, 55.35, 59.74, 55.74, 58.55, 63.34, 65.92, 66.41, 64.18, 67.90, 66.59, 64.10, 69.19
}}

*2009 – 49.93 m
*2010 – 55.35 m
*2011 – 59.74 m
*2012 – 55.74 m
*2013 – 58.55 m
*2014 – 63.34 m
*2015 – 65.92 m
*2016 – 66.41 m
*2017 – 64.18 m
*2018 – 67.90 m
*2019 – 66.59 m
*2020 - 64.10 m
*2021 - '''69.19 m'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20190513191338}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{DOSB}}
* {{Official website|https://christinhussong.de/}} {{in lang|de}}

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