 Alexander John in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 May 1986 (age 38) Zeulenroda, East Germany |
Alexander John (born 3 May 1986 in Zeulenroda, East Germany) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles.
| Alexander John in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 May 1986 (age 38) Zeulenroda, East Germany |
Alexander John (born 3 May 1986 in Zeulenroda, East Germany) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Germany | |||||
| 2003 | World Youth Championships | Sherbrooke, Canada | 3rd | 110 m hurdles (91.4 cm) | 13.50 |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 8th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 14.10 (-0.3 m/s) |
| 2005 | European Junior Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 14.10 |
| 2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 14th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 15.84 (-2.6 m/s) |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 22nd (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.64 |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 13.71 |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.38 (PB) |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | — | 110 m hurdles | DSQ |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 16th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.60 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 34th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 14.13 | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 10th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.69 1 |
1Disqualified in the semifinals
   | This biographical article about a German hurdler is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and officially branded as Munich 1972, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi rule. Germany became only the second country at that point after the United States to have two different cities host the Summer Olympics.
Willem-Alexander is King of the Netherlands, reigning since 30 April 2013.
These are the team rosters of the nations that participated in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Each team was permitted a roster of 20 skaters and three goaltenders.
Alexander Resch is a German former luger who competed from 1998 to 2010. Together with Patric Leitner, he won the men's doubles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. They also competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing sixth. At their last race at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, they won bronze.
Alexander Gazsi is a German ice dancer. With partner Nelli Zhiganshina, he is a six-time German national champion and has won twelve international medals. They have placed as high as 6th at the European Championships and 10th at the World Championships.
Alexander Kosenkow is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid.
Alexander Wolf is a former German biathlete. At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, he won bronze medals in the 12.5 km pursuit and the 4 × 7.5 km relay.
Alexander Rödiger is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Alexander Grimm is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.
Alexander Pusch is a German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.
Robert Förstemann is a German track cyclist specialising in the sprint disciplines and world champion in team sprint in 2010. In his later career he has transitioned to Paralympic track cycling, representing Germany as a sighted 'pilot' in tandem events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. In 2023, Förstemann piloted Thomas Ulbricht to a silver medal in the tandem B sprint and a bronze medal in the tandem B kilo at the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow.
Alexander Koch is a German fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Francesco Friedrich is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition. Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friedrich and Margis again won the gold medal with both sleighs. Friedrich previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the doubles and fours and finished in eighth and tenth place, respectively.
Alexander Schowtka is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Alexander Tchigir is a Russian and later German water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Alexander ("Sascha") Zverev, is a German professional tennis player and the current ATP world No. 2. He has won 23 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at two Grand Slams, the 2020 US Open and 2024 French Open.
Thorsten Margis is a German bobsledder.
Sigurd Alexander Adalbert Graf von der Groeben is a German former judoka. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Alexander Schüller is a German bobsledder.
