2025-08 EC U20 Tampere | Womens Heptathlon

The competition

Jana Koščak (CRO) won the women's heptathlon at the European U20 Championships in Tampere in August with 6293 points, which is exactly what she had scored before. Her seven events came out level with her own PB series to the point, and she equalled her personal best rather than beating it.

Emma Kaul (GER) led after the hurdles. Koščak took the lead in the high jump and held it for six events, at her widest 331 points clear after the shot and by 42 at the end.

The route to that level total was anything but level. Koščak lost 63 points against her series in the hurdles, took 105 back with 14.00 in the shot, then lost 97 over 200m and 93 in the long jump, which left her 148 down with two events to go. The javelin returned 56 and 2:14.56 in the 800m returned 92, worth 899 points, and the account closed at zero. Her day 1 was 55 under her series and her day 2 exactly 55 above it.

Sarolta Kriszt (HUN) was second from the 200m onward and closed to within 42. She was 51 points under her series after the hurdles and above it from the high jump on, where 1.74 was worth 73 more than her own mark, and her day 2 produced 2640 points, the best of the three. Her 6251 is a personal best over the 6225 she scored at Götzis in June.

Enni Virjonen (FIN) took third with the largest gain of the top eight, 218 points above her series, and nearly all of it on day 2: 25 up at the day break, 193 more across the long jump, the javelin and the 800m. The 6060 beats the 5842 she scored at Göteborg in June.

Behind them, Marleen Ritari (EST) was eighth 83 above her series and Eden Robinson (GBR) fifth 40 above hers, both personal bests.

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