Joana Herrmann

Joana Herrmann

Personal information
Born	(2005-11-01) 1 November 2005 (age 19)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump: 1.91m (Bergen, 2025)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Germany European U23 Championships 2025 Bergen High jump European U20 Championships 2023 Jerusalem High jump

Joana Herrmann (born 1 November 2005) is a German high jumper. ^[1]

Early and personal life

From Westphalia, she took part in Judo in her youth before focusing on athletics and after trying a few disciplines settled on the high jump. She has unusual small stature for a high-jumper but by 2019 was regularly jumping higher than her own height. Her brother Jonas has also competed in high jump, and she is from a sporting family with her parents having been active in football and competitive dancing. At the age of 15 years-old in 2020, she jumped 1.73 meters, placing her first in the German Athletics Association's yearly rankings for her age group. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Career

She is member of SV Teuto Riesenbeck, and was a finalist at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, placing seventh overall with best jump of 1.79 metres. ^{[5] [6]}

She won the bronze medal behind Angelina Topić and Elisabeth Pihela at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel, with a best jump of 1.86 metres. ^{[7] [8]}

In February 2024, she won the German U20 Indoor Championships in Dortmund. ^[9] In July 2024, she jumped 1.84 metres to win the 2024 German U23 Championships in Mönchengladbach. ^{[10] [11]}

She jumped 1.84 metres to place fourth overall at the senior German Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025 in Dortmund. ^[12] On 1 June 2025, she jumped a personal best jump of 1.88 meters in Essen. ^{[4] [13]} She cleared a personal best 1.91 metres to win the bronze medal behind Angelina Topić and Engla Nilsson at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen, Norway on 19 July 2025 and ahead of Cypriot jumper Styliana Ioannidou on countback. ^{[14] [4]}

References

1. "Joana Herrmann". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
2. "GOLDGAS ATHLETICS TALENT OF THE MONTH: JOANA HERRMANN". flvw.de. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
3. "Excellent European Championship results for DLV and Westphalian talents". flvw.de. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
4. "Bergen Day 3 - 1.91 meters! Bronze coup by Joana Herrmann". leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
5. "Joana Herrmann jumps into the final". ivz-aktuell.de. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
6. "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
7. "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
8. "Joana Herrmann sorgt mit Bronze für Sensation". flvw.de (in German). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
9. "Joana Herrmann becomes German Champion". ivz-aktuell.de/. 27 February 2024.
10. "German U23 Championships". World Athletics. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
11. "Joana Herrmann jumps to the German Championship". ivz-aktuell.de. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
12. "Joana Herrmann narrowly misses bronze". ivz-aktuell.de. 25 Feb 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
13. "Tag der Überflieger". World Athletics. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
14. Broadbent, Chris (19 Jul 2025). "Double gold for Serbia! Vilagoš and Topić triumph at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2025.