Majtie Kolberg

Majtie Kolberg

Kolberg in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1999-12-05) 5 December 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:58.52 (Paris, 2024) 1500m: 4:11.41 (Madrid, 2025)

Majtie Kolberg (born 5 December 1999) ^[1] is a German middle-distance runner who has won German national championships titles in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.

Career

From Ahrweiler, ^[2] Kolberg became German 800 metres U23 champion in 2021. She finished second when making the step up to the senior German Championships the following year, finishing behind sometime training partner Christina Hering. ^[3] Kolberg placed also second indoors that year. ^[1]

Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, she qualified from the heats to make the semi-finals in the women's 800 metres. ^{[4] [5]}

At the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Kolberg ran new 800 m personal bests, finishing eighth in the final with a time of 2:01.49. ^[1]

In May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. ^[6] She set a new personal best of 1:58.74 to qualify for the final of the 800 metres. She ran to fifth place in the final in a time of 1:59.89. ^{[7] [8]} She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024 where she ran a personal best of 1:58.52 in the semi-final. ^[9]

She won the German 1500 metres indoor title in Dortmund in February 2025. ^[10] She competed over 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025, but she did not progress to the semi-finals. ^[11]

She was runner-up to Smilla Kolbe over 800 metres at the German Athletics Championships in Dresden in August 2025. ^[12] She was selected for the German team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[13]

Personal bests

Her personal bests for 800 metres are 1:58.52 outdoors (Paris 2024) and 2:01.49 indoors (Istanbul 2023).

References

1. "Majtie KOLBERG – Athlete Profile". World Athletics . Retrieved 2 March 2023.
2. "Majtie Kolberg (LG Kreis Ahrweiler) holt bei DM in Berlin Silber". Rhein-zeitung.de. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. "Majtie Kolberg (LG Kreis Ahrweiler) fühlt sich bereit für das DM-Duell mit ihrer Dauerrivalin". Rhein-zeitung.de. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
4. "Majtie Kolberg (LG Kreis Ahrweiler) freut sich über Einzug ins WM-Halbfinale". Rhein-zeitung.de. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
5. "Leichtathletik-WM in Eugene: Die Vorläufe von Christina Hering und Majtie Kolberg über 800 m". Sportschau.de. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
6. "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
7. "European Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
8. "Mihambo lays down huge marker with 7.03m long jump qualifier". European Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
9. "Women's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
10. "Athletics Indoor German Championships 2025: Malaika Mihambo with 8th title". Sport4final.de. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
11. "Women's 800m Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". 9 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
12. "German championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
13. "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.