 Junk in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 1 March 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.20 (2025) 100 m: 11.26 (2024) 200 m 22.53 (2025) |
Medal record | |
Sophia Junk (born 1 March 1999) is a German sprinter. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games. [1]
Junk won silver at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto in the 200 metres. She was also part of the German 4 × 100 m relay team that broke the U18 world record at those European Championships. [2] [3]
In 2018 she won gold as part of the German 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere. [4] [5] She also ran in the individual 200 metres at the championships, placing fifth in the final. [6]
At the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Sweden, she won gold as part of the German 4 × 100 m relay team. She won silver in the 200 metres and gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn. [2] [7]
In 2022 she competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 200 metres. [8]
In 2024 she was a member of the German 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships. [9] [10] She ran in the heats for the Germany relay team in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics, earning a bronze medal when the team finished third in the final. [11] [12]
Junk ran in the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, recording a personal best 7.20 seconds in the heats, and running 7.21 seconds in the semi-finals. but did not qualify for the final. [13] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025. [14] She ran a personal best 22.52 seconds for the 200 metres as she finished third competing for Germany at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid in June 2025. [15] She placed second in the 100 metres at the German Athletics Championships in August 2025 in Dresden, running 11.33 seconds to finish behind Gina Lückenkemper. [16] She was subsequently selected for the individual 100 metres for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [17]
Junk started training in athletics at seven years old. She is a member of LG Rhein-Wied. She became a member the Rhineland-Palatinate State Police in 2018. [18]
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay | |
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† denotes athletes who took part in heats only |
