Alexandra Valerie "Alex" Wester (born 21 March 1994) is a German athlete specialising in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. She made her major competition debut at the

2016 World Indoor Championships The 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held between March 17 and 20, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, United States. The event did not feature Russia. Following a WADA investigation into widespread and institutional doping practice ...

finishing sixth. She was born in

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to a German father and a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

ian mother. Earlier in her career, she competed in

combined events Combined track and field events are competitions in which athletes participate in a number of track and field events, earning points for their performance in each event, which adds to a total points score. Outdoors, the most common combined events ...

but decided to specialise in the long jump after problems with injuries. Her personal bests in the event are 6.79 metres outdoors (Oberteuringen 2016) and 6.95 metres indoors (Berlin 2016).

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* * * 1994 births Living people German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent German female long jumpers Miami Hurricanes women's track and field athletes Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub