KWAYIE Lisa Marie

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	SF (22.83)	5th (42.48)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	3rd (43.68)

European Championships

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2018	Berlin, GER	SF (11.36)	3rd (42.23)

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	4 x 100m Relay	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	41.67
1	2018	4 x 100m Relay	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	42.98
7	2019	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	11.25
11	2018	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	11.45

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete, Student

Social Work Studies - Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany

English, German

NSF Berlin Leichtathletik [GER] / Neukollner SF [GER]

Frank Paul [personal], from 2008

In 2017 she suffered from a muscle injury which forced her to take a recovery break for a year. (tagesspiegel.de, 04 Dec 2019)

In 2016 she suffered from a torn patellar tendon. (tagesspiegel.de, 04 Dec 2019)

In 2015 she suffered from a broken ankle. (tagesspiegel.de, 04 Dec 2019)

She began sprinting in the fourth grade at Janusz-Korczak Primary School in Neukolln, Germany. She joined Neukollner SF athletics club at age 13. (deutschlandfunkkultur.de, 18 Aug 2019; leichtathletik.de, 14 Mar 2015)

She was encouraged to take up the sport by her school teacher after winning her first athletics event at primary school. Initially her mother denied the teacher's initiative due to conflicting training schedules but she changed her mind after Kwayie won more medals. "It was difficult at the beginning. My mom kept up with it, but then after the fifth, sixth title, she said, 'Okay, child, this is getting a little more serious'." (deutschlandfunkkultur.de, 18 Aug 2019)

To compete in three sprint events at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (leichtathletik.de, 18 Feb 2020)

Coach Frank Paul. (leichtathletik.de, 14 Mar 2015)

"Great things never came from comfort zones." (Instagram profile, 12 Apr 2020)

She was named 2014 Young Athlete of the Year in Berlin, Germany. (leichtathletik.de, 14 Mar 2015)