Athletics in Germany

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Athletics in Germany is governed by Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband founded on 29 January 1898. [1]

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All-time top lists

The lists are updated as of February 22, 2013, [2] [3] [4] and regard to the 21 individual Olympic specialities. For the high jump, the pole vault, the long jump, the triple jump and the shot put, the performances also include the indoor competitions (measures are identified by (i) in the tables).

  Performance achieved in the current year

100 metres

200 metres

Pole vault

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Danny Ecker German pole vaulter

Daniel "Danny" Ecker is a former German athlete competing in the pole vault.

Gerd Nagel is a retired West German high jumper.

Damian Kallabis is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Melanie Skotnik French-German high jumper

Melanie Skotnik is a French-German high jumper. She holds both German and French citizenship through her parentage and represented Germany until 2004. She retired in June 2016.

German Athletics Championships

The German Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics of Germany, organised annually by the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.

Carolin Nytra German hurdler

Carolin Nytra, also known as Carolin Dietrich, is a German athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. With a personal best time of 12.57 seconds, she became the seventh fastest German ever over this distance at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne on 8 July 2010.

Claudia Salman German heptathlete

Claudia Salman-Rath is a German athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.

2004 German Athletics Championships

The 2004 German Athletics Championships were held at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig on 10–11 July 2004.

2003 German Athletics Championships

The 2003 German Athletics Championships were held at the Donaustadion in Ulm on 28–29 June 2003.

1998 German Athletics Championships

The 1998 German Athletics Championships were held at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin on 3–5 July 1998.

The 1995 German Athletics Championships were held at the Weserstadion in Bremen on 30 June – 2 July 1995.

Aleixo-Platini Menga German sprinter

Aleixo-Platini Menga is a German sprinter, born in Angola.

Kai Kazmirek German decathlete

Kai Kazmirek is a German track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He holds a personal best of 8580 points for the event achieved in Rio 2016, as well as an indoor heptathlon best of 6173 points. He is a member of LG Rhein-Wied athletics club.

Christian Blum German track and field sprinter

Christian Blum is a German track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres and 60 metres. He holds personal bests of 10.20 seconds and 6.56 seconds for those events. He was the 60 m silver medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2015. He has also won medals with the 4×100 metres relay team. He is a five-time German champion over 60 m.

Marko Aleksejev is a retired Estonian high jumper. He was selected to compete for the Estonian squad in the men's high jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also trained throughout his athletic career for Audentese Sport Club in Tallinn, under his personal coach Allan Eleranna. In 2005, Aleksejev recorded his personal best jump at 2.28 m from the International High Jump Meet in Bühl, Germany.

Laura Müller German sprinter

Laura Marie Müller is a German sprinter. She competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2016 European Athletics Championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 4 x 400 metre relay.

Julian Weber German javelin thrower

Julian Weber is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He won the European Junior Championship in 2013.

German Indoor Athletics Championships

The German Indoor Athletics Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the German Athletics Association, which serves as the German national championship for the sport. Typically held over two to three days in February during the German winter, the first Unified Germany championships occurred in 1991, succeeding the West German and East German indoor nationals. The unified indoor event preceded the newly-unified outdoor German Athletics Championships in the summer of 1991. National indoor championships in relays, racewalking and combined track and field events are usually contested at separate locations.

East German Indoor Athletics Championships

The East German Indoor Athletics Championships was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Association, which served as the national championship for the sport in East Germany. Typically held over two days in February during the German winter, it was first held in 1964.

References

  1. "DLV - Museum" (in German). deutscher-leichtathletik-verband.de. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik". leichtathletik.de. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "National Lists of Germany (Men)". apulanta.fi. Retrieved 24 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "Track and Field all-time". alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 24 February 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. Has since undergone gender reassignment surgery, now known as Balian Buschbaum.