![]() Timo Benitz in 2017 | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Born | Engen, Germany | 24 December 1991|||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | |||||||||||
Club | LG Farbtex Nordschwarzwald [1] | |||||||||||
Coached by | Jörg Müller | |||||||||||
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Timo Benitz (born 24 December 1991 in Engen) is a German middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. [2] He took a surprise victory in the 800 metres at the 2014 European Team Championships in Braunschweig where in front of home crowd he beat among others Adam Kszczot and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse. In 2017 he competed at the World Championships reaching the semifinals and later won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 32nd (h) | 1500 m | 3:50.47 |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6th | 1500 m | 3:51.76 |
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 5th | 1500 m | 3:45.38 |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 7th | 1500 m | 3:47.26 |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.40 |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 7th | 1500 m | 3:46.73 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 23rd (sf) | 1500 m | 3:44.38 | |
Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 1st | 1500 m | 3:43.45 | |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 1500 m | 3:39.28 |
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