The European Athletics Championships is a biennial athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Christian Schenk is a former decathlete who competed for East Germany and Germany. He won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.
Brigitte Heike Meissner is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silver medal at the 2002 European Championships, medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 European Championships and the 1997 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1995 World Championships.
Katharina "Käthe" Anna Krauß was a German track and field athlete, who won three gold medals at the 1934 Women's World Games in London and a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where she was also on the German 4 × 100 m relay team. She won several German championships in various events and 2 silver medals and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna.
The German Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics of Germany, organised annually by the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.
Gustav Wegner was a German track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault and the decathlon. He was the first ever European champion in the pole vault and the first German to clear four metres in the event. He was a five-time national champion at the German Athletics Championships and a stadium near Northeim was named in his honour.
Christin Hussong is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She has won gold at the 2011 World Youth Championships, 2015 European U23 Championships and at the 2018 European Championships. Hussong holds the European Championships record with her personal best throw of 69.19 m.
Elisabeth "Liesel" Jakobi, married surname Luxenburger is a German former track and field athlete who competed in the long jump for West Germany.
Hermine Schröder was a German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. She was the gold medallist in the event at the European Athletics Championships in 1938 and set her personal best of 14.09 m that same year.
Bettina Müller-Weissina is a retired Austrian sprinter.
Konstanze "Koko" Klosterhalfen is a German middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2019 World Championship bronze medallist and 2022 European champion in the 5000 metres, becoming the first German medalist of the event at the World Athletics Championships and the first German winner of the event at the European Athletics Championships. At the European Indoor Championships, Klosterhalfen won silver medals for the 1500 metres in 2017 and the 3000 metres in 2019 and 2023. She took four individual medals at the European Cross Country Championships. In February 2020, she set a European indoor record in the 5000 m with 14:30.79, the fourth fastest time ever.
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.
The East German Athletics Championships was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Federation, which served as the East German national championships for the sport. The three- or four-day event was held in summer months, varying from late June to early September, and the venue changed on an annual basis.
The 2019 German Indoor Athletics Championships was the 66th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 16–17 February at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig. A total of 24 events, 12 for men and 12 for women, were contested. It served as preparation for the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
The Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the Swiss Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Switzerland. Typically held over two to three days in February during the Swiss winter, it was first added to the national calendar in 1982, supplementing the main outdoor Swiss Athletics Championships held in the summer since 1906.
The 2020 German Indoor Athletics Championships was the 67th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 22–23 February at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig. A total of 24 events, 12 for men and 12 for women, were contested. It was to serve as preparation for the 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China before the German championships.
Miriam Dattke is a German long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships. Dattke finished fourth in the women's marathon at the 2022 European Athletics Championships with same time as bronze medalist Nienke Brinkman.
Marc Koch is a German sprinter. He was the German national indoor champion over 400 metres in 2017. He won a bronze medal in the Men's 4 x 400m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.
Tadesse Abraham (SUI)
Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR)
Daniele Meucci (ITA)
Amanal Petros (GER)
John Mikaelsson (SWE)
Émile Maggi (FRA)
Josef Doležal (TCH)
Anatoliy Yegorov (URS)
Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
