2025-07 EC U23 Bergen | Women's Heptathlon
Saga Vanninen (FIN) won the women's heptathlon at the European U23 Championships in Bergen with 6563 points, 172 above the personal best she set at Götzis in May 2023. She led from the high jump onwards and finished 243 clear.
| # | Athlete | Points | Behind | vs. PB series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saga Vanninen (FIN) | 6563 | +172 | |
| 2 | Abigail Pawlett (GBR) | 6320 | -243 | +5 |
| 3 | Serina Riedel (GER) | 6183 | -380 | -139 |
| 4 | Anastasía Dragomírova (GRE) | 6054 | -509 | +15 |
| 5 | Liana Trümpi (SUI) | 5953 | -610 | -118 |
| 6 | Karla Schärfe (DEN) | 5865 | -698 | -1 |
| 7 | Sofía Cosculluela (ESP) | 5845 | -718 | -172 |
| 8 | Maeva Bastien (FRA) | 5831 | -732 | +20 |
| 9 | Vilma Itälinna (FIN) | 5807 | -756 | +43 |
| 10 | Betty Marie Ramsgaard Jensen (DEN) | 5782 | -781 | -51 |
| 11 | Adéla Tkáčová (CZE) | 5747 | -816 | +52 |
| 12 | Melissa Wullschleger (SUI) | 5744 | -819 | -184 |
| 13 | Laura Van Den Brande (BEL) | 5733 | -830 | -121 |
| 14 | Hanna Van Baast (NED) | 5699 | -864 | +30 |
| 15 | Linda Bichsel (SUI) | 5529 | -1034 | -286 |
| 16 | Sennah Vanhoeijen (BEL) | 5505 | -1058 | -210 |
| 17 | Marie Jung (GER) | 5440 | -1123 | -431 |
| 18 | Carmen Nowicka (POL) | 5432 | -1131 | -250 |
| 19 | Marta Sīviņa (LAT) | 5394 | -1169 | -58 |
The high jump decided the lead. Abigail Pawlett (GBR) had taken the opening hurdles with 13.06 for 1115 points and led by 28. Vanninen cleared 1.80 for 978, Pawlett 1.71 for 867, and Vanninen moved to 2065 with 70 in hand. The margin fell to 3 after the 200m, where Pawlett ran 23.23 for 1056 points, and then went out again: 92 after the long jump, 151 after the javelin and 243 at the finish.
Vanninen was first at the day break on 3870 and 32 above her own PB series, having taken 34 in the hurdles, matched it in the high jump and stayed within 9 either way in the shot and 200m. Day 2 added 140, with 19 from the long jump and 23 from the javelin. Then 2.11.00 in the 800m for 950 points, 98 more than the 800m in her PB series had been worth, which was the largest single gain on her sheet. She finished 172 above the series.
Pawlett was level with her PB series at the day break on 3867, 71 taken in the shot at 14.53 for 829 points offsetting 18 lost in the hurdles, 36 in the high jump and 17 over 200m. Day 2 cost 66 in the long jump and returned 100 in the javelin, 40.67 against a 35.44 series mark. The 800m took 29 back, and her 6320 finished 5 above the series, a personal best on the 6315 she scored at Götzis in June.
Serina Riedel (GER) was ninth after the hurdles and fifth at the day break on 3579, 78 under her PB series, the high jump 74 of that. Day 2 returned 20 in the long jump, took 42 in the javelin and 39 in the 800m. She moved from fifth to third across the long jump and javelin and finished 139 under the series.
Anastasía Dragomírova (GRE) finished 129 behind Riedel in fourth, and the 800m produced it. She had been third and 26 ahead after the javelin; Riedel ran 2.18.95 for 838 points, Dragomírova 2.30.76 for 683. Her own competition was within 37 of her PB series in every event and finished 15 above it, a personal best on the 6039 she scored in Patra in June.
Seven women finished above their PB series, and each of those is a personal best: Vanninen by 172, Adéla Tkáčová (CZE) by 52 in eleventh, Vilma Itälinna (FIN) by 43 in ninth, Hanna Van Baast (NED) by 30 in fourteenth, Maeva Bastien (FRA) by 20 in eighth, Dragomírova by 15 and Pawlett by 5. Marie Jung (GER), the eighth-ranked entrant, finished seventeenth and 431 under her series.
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