Valerie Constien

American athlete
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican athlete
PlacesUnited States of America
isAthlete Steeplechase runner
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth1996, Edwards, Eagle County, Colorado, USA
Age29 years
The details

Biography

Valerie Constien (born March 21, 1996) is an American track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the US national champion in the 3000m steeplechase indoors.

Career

Constien is from Vail, Colorado and a 2014 graduate of Battle Mountain High School. She attended the University of Colorado following high school in the hope of being an environmental engineer. Constein competes for the Tracksmith Amateur Support Program while being coached by Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs. In 2015, Constein ran at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Qingzhen, Guiyang finishing 62nd.

Constien finished third on 24 June 2021 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon behind Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs to secure her place at the delayed 2020 Summer Games. The race went to form as Constien was the United States’ third-fastest steeplechaser heading into the Olympic Trials with a personal best of 9:25. She also set a new personal best of 9:18.34 in the race. Constein qualified for the final at tha Olympics in Tokyo and finished twelfth.

In 2023, Constein won the US national 3000m steeplechase title in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In April 2023, Constein signed a sponsorship deal with Nike. Unfortunately for Constein, competing at the 2023 Diamond League event in Doha in May 2023, she suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury which required surgery.

External Links

  • Val Constien at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
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