Imke Onnen

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Imke Onnen
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Imke Onnen in 2015
Personal information
Born (1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30)
Langenhagen, Germany
Education Technical University of Braunschweig
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
ClubCologne Athletics
LG Hannover/Hannover 96
Coached byAstrid Fredebold-Onnen

Imke Susann Onnen (born 17 August 1994) is a German athlete specialising in the high jump. [1] She won a bronze medal at the 2019 Summer Universiade.

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Her personal bests in the event are 1.94 metres outdoors (Göttingen 2019) and 1.96 metres indoors (Leipzig 2019).

She comes from a sporting family, her brother Eike also being a high jumper while mother Astrid Fredebold-Onnen a former heptathlete (as well as Imke's coach).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2011 European Youth Olympic Festival Trabzon, Turkey 15th (q)1.70 m
2013 European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 19th (q)1.70 m
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 11th 1.76 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 14th 1.82 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 7th 1.91 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 3rd 1.91 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 9th 1.89 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan25th (q) 1.86 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 8th 1.90 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 14th (q) 1.92 m
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 6th 1.89 m
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 6th 1.92 m

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