Jolina Lange

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Jolina Lange
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2005-03-27) 27 March 2005 (age 20)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Shot put: 17.04 m (Bergen, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
European U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Bergen Shot put

Jolina Lange (born 27 March 2005) is a German shot putter. A German youth record holder, she was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships. [1]

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Early life

From Grethem, Lower Saxony, she began in athletics at TSV Einheit Grimma. From 2020, she attended sports school in Chemnitz. As a 15 year-old in 2020, Lange broke a 24-year-old German junior record with the 3-kilogram shot put by 16 centimetres, landing a throw of 16.96 meters. [2]

Career

She competes domestically for LV 90 Erzgebirge. [3] In July 2022, she had a fifth place at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel. [4]

She finished third in the German U20 Indoor Championships in February 2024. [5] In July 2024, she finished second at the German U20 Championships. [6] She subsequently competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the women's shot put. [7] [8]

She won a silver medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in the shot put, landing a personal best throw of 17.04m, as part of a German 1-2-3 in the event, with Helena Kopp and event winner Nina Chioma Ndubuisi. [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. "Jolina Lange". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. "Jolina Lange from Grethen competes at the European Youth Championships". lvz.de. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  3. Thomas, Frank (6 February 2024). "On the way to the World Championship standard: Lange from Grethen impresses at the World Athletics Indoor Tour". dnn.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. "Fifth place for Jolina Lange at the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem". lv90.de. July 6, 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  5. Thomas, Frank (27 Feb 2024). "World Championship standard in sight: Jolina Lange wins bronze at the German Championships in Halle". lvz.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. Bauer, Andreas (July 28, 2024). "German silver medal paves the way for the U-20 World Championships for the athlete from the Erzgebirge". Freipresse.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  7. "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  8. "Die DLV-Talente in den Vorrunden". leichtathletik.de. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  9. Szreter-Kelly, Alissa (17 Jul 2025). "Ndubuisi leads German medal sweep in women's shot put at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  10. Treptow, Thomas (July 18, 2025). "Shot putter Jolina Lange from LV 90 Erzgebirge wins European Championship silver in German triple success". freiepresse.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  11. Fischer, Johannes (18 July 2025). "German triple coup". Sport1.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.