| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 28 December 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.38 (Wetzlar, 2024) 200m: 22.83 (Rome, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Talea Prepens (born 28 December 2001) is a German sprinter. [1]
She is from Cloppenburg and is a member of TV Cloppenburg as well As being trained by her father Harald Prepens. [2]
She won the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships 200m title in Nairobi at the age of 15 years-old despite being the youngest in the field. She won the title with her second personal best of the championships of 23.51 seconds, having run 23.64 in the semi finals. [3]
At the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, she won bronze with the German relay team in the 4 x 100m relay. [2]
In 2021, she won gold in the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn in the 4x100m relay, as well as finishing fourth in the individual 200 metres. [4]
She won back-to-back sprint doubles over 100 metres and 200 metres at the German Athletics U23 Championships in 2022 and 2023. [5] She finished fourth in the 200m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo. [6] [7] She competed at the delayed 2021 University Games in Chengdu, China in 2023 finishing sixth in the 100 metres. [8]
She ran a personal best 22.83 at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 200 metres to qualify for the semi-finals. [9]
She plays double bass and played in a youth symphony orchestra. Her brother Torben Prepens competes in the decathlon. [2]
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