Anja Knapp

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Personal information
Date of birth 11th September 1988 (age 31)
place of birth Bad Urach , Germany
societies
2014-2016 B-team DTU
Current SG Dettingen / Erms and Stadtwerke Team Witten
successes
2012 German champion triathlon sprint distance
2012 German runner-up triathlon short distance
2013 European champion triathlon sprint distance, mixed relay
2013 World champion triathlon sprint distance, mixed relay
status
active

Anja Knapp (born September 11, 1988 in Bad Urach ) is a German triathlete , German champion in the triathlon sprint distance (2012), European champion and world champion in mixed relay (2013).

Career

After completing her training as a microtechnologist, Anja Knapp has been working as a professional athlete since August 2011. She starts for SG Dettingen / Erms and in the Bundesliga for the Stadtwerke Team Witten .

German champion triathlon sprint distance 2012

In August 2012 Anja Knapp became German champion on the triathlon sprint distance. Until 2016 she was a member of the B-team of the German Triathlon Union (DTU).
At the 2013 European Championships on the Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running) in Alanya , she finished sixth in June. In a team with Jonathan Zipf , Rebecca Robisch and Sebastian Rank , she became European Champion in Mixed Relay. Five weeks later at the ITU World Triathlon Hamburg , she won the world championship in mixed relay together with Jan Frodeno , Anne Haug and Franz Löschke . Anja Knapp is trained by Erich Jud and Dan Lorang .

In the two-year qualification period for a starting place at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games , Anja Knapp achieved the third-best placement of the German athletes on the ITU Olympic qualification list in 47th place, but did not meet the sporting qualification criteria agreed by the DTU and DOSB . For team tactical reasons, Knapp was nevertheless suggested by the DTU as one of the best swimmers in the national team for a start alongside Anne Haug. On July 20, 2016, however, the DOSB decided that only Anne Haug and Laura Lindemann would take part in the Olympic Games.

Anja Knapp is trained by Erich Jud and Dan Lorang . In August 2017 she became German runner-up on the triathlon sprint distance.

Her twin sister Julia is also active as a triathlete. Anja Knapp lives in Dettingen an der Erms .

Sporting successes

Triathlon
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Sep 2 2018 4th ITU Triathlon World Cup Czech RepublicCzech Republic Carlsbad 02:08:51
July 22, 2018 3 T3 triathlon GermanyGermany Dusseldorf 01:03:20
02nd June 2018 14th ITU Triathlon World Cup ItalyItaly Cagliari 01:02:16 behind the Austrian winner Lisa Perterer
20 Aug 2017 2 DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance GermanyGermany Grimma 01:05:14 German vice-champion triathlon sprint distance
June 24, 2017 10 ETU Sprint Distance Triathlon European Championships GermanyGermany Dusseldorf 01:04:24 European championship on the sprint distance at the T3 triathlon
0Apr 9, 2017 2 International Triathlon Wallisellen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wallisellen 00:47:43 Second behind Jolanda Annen
0Aug 2, 2015 25th ITU World Olympic Qualification Event BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro 02:03:33
April 19, 2015 2 International Triathlon Wallisellen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wallisellen 00: 50: 37.2
Apr 26, 2014 17th ITU World Championship Series 2014 South AfricaSouth Africa Cape Town
July 21, 2013 1 ITU Short Distance Triathlon World Championship Mixed Relay GermanyGermany Hamburg 01:17:55 World champion with the German team (with Jan Frodeno , Anne Haug and Franz Löschke )
June 16, 2013 1 ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championship Mixed Relay TurkeyTurkey Alanya 01:32:05 European champion with the German team (with Jonathan Zipf , Sebastian Rank and Rebecca Robisch )
14th of June 2013 6th ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships TurkeyTurkey Alanya 01:55:39
Aug 19, 2012 1 DTU German Championship Triathlon Sprint Distance GermanyGermany Witten 00:57:51 German triathlon champion on the sprint distance (0.75 km swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running)
June 23, 2012 15th ITU World Championship Series 2012 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel 02:07:18
0May 6, 2012 2 ITU Triathlon European Cup TurkeyTurkey Antalya 02:02:44
0June 3, 2012 2 DTU German Triathlon Championship short distance GermanyGermany Darmstadt 02:11:02 German runner-up in triathlon over the Olympic distance; behind Ricarda Lisk
Apr 22, 2012 2 ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships IsraelIsrael Eilat 01:12:22 Vice European Champion in the season of 4 with Justus Nieschlag , Sarah Fladung and Franz Löschke
Apr 20, 2012 18th ETU Short Distance Triathlon European Championships IsraelIsrael Eilat 02:14:13 Olympic short distance
0Apr 7, 2012 8th ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup MoroccoMorocco Larache 01:12:36
Long distance running
Date / year rank competition venue time comment
0Feb. 4, 2018 1 Winter run GermanyGermany Gniebel 36:35 Winner over 10 km

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anja Knapp profile PDF, online
  2. ↑ ITU Olympic Qualification List: Rio 2016 | Women's Standings In: ITU May 14, 2016
  3. ↑ Fabian Fiedler: Via Abu Dhabi to Rio de Janeiro In: tri-mag.de , January 28, 2016
  4. ↑ Frank Wechsel: DTU nominates Lindemann, Knapp, Justus and Buchholz In: tri-mag.de June 19, 2016
  5. ↑ Alexander Mareis: worn down by the Olympic scuffle In: SÜDWEST PRESSE July 21, 2016
  6. ↑ German Sprint Triathlon Championship 2012: Knapp and Prochnow in front (August 19, 2012)
  7. ↑ Results Kitzbühel 2012
  8. ↑ Results Antalya 2012
  9. ↑ Knapp wins German Vizerang (June 6, 2012)
  10. ↑ Results Eilat 2012
  11. ↑ Results Larache 2012
  12. ↑ Daniel Noll and Anja Knapp win the competition (February 5, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Knapp, Anja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German triathlete
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Urach