Sophia Junk

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Sophia Junk
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Personal information
Born (1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.26 (2024)
200m 22.87 (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris 4x100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Gävle 4x100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 200 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 4x100 m relay
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tampere 4x100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Grosseto 4x100 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Grosseto 200m

Sophia Junk (born 1 March 1999) is a German sprinter. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [1]

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Career

She won silver at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto in the 200 metres. She was also part of the German 4x100m relay team that broke the U18 world record at those European Championships. [2] [3]

She won gold as part of the German 4x100m relay team at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere. [4] [5] She won gold as part of the German 4x100m relay team at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Sweden. She won silver in the 200 metres and gold in the 4x100m relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen. [2]

She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 200 metres. [6]

She competed for Germany at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay. [7] [8]

She was selected for the German sprint relay team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris which qualified for the final. [9]

Personal life

She 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. [10]

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