Christopher Linke

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Christopher Linke (2015)

Christopher Linke (born October 24, 1988 in Potsdam ) is a German athlete who is successful as a walker . The 1.90 m tall and 65 kg heavy sports soldier starts for SC Potsdam and is trained by Ronald Weigel . He achieved his greatest international success with 4th place over 20 km walking at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha .

Career

Linke became the German B youth champion in 2005 in the 5000 meter course. In 2007 he won the national youth championships in 5000-meter indoor walking, 20-km street walking and 10,000-meter track walking and took second place in the German junior championships in 10,000-meter track walking.

At the Junior European Championships in Hengelo he reached sixth place.

In 2008 he became German champion in 50 km and secured the junior title over 35 km. At the World Cup in Cheboksary, he came in 69th place in the 20 km walk .

In 2009 he took fourth place in the 20 km walk at the U23 European Championships.

In 2010 he came second in the German championships over 10 km. At the European Championships in Barcelona he started over 50 km, but gave up the race early.

In 2011 he became German champion over 5000 meters indoors and 10 km outdoors. At the European Walkers' Cup, he achieved third place in the 50 km race. At the World Championships in Daegu , he finished 18th in the 20 km walk. He had to forego a planned start over 50 km because of an inflammation of the lymph nodes .

In 2012, Linke became German champion over 20 km and took third place at the World Cup for walkers in Saransk over 50 km. He increased his personal best to 3:47:33 h. Over the same distance he reached 21st place at the Olympic Games in London in 3:49:19 h.

In 2013 he won the title at the German Championships over the 10,000 meter track. He finished second over 20 km. At the European Walkers Cup, he finished tenth in the 20 km walk. At the World Championships in Moscow , he took eighth place in the 20 km walk.

In 2014 he became German champion over 20 km and over 10,000 meters of track walking. At the European Championships in Zurich he reached fourth place in the 20 km walk.

In 2015 at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , he finished 38th over 20 km.

In 2016, the most important international result to date was achieved by Linke with fifth place in the 20 km walk at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

In 2017 he finished fifth again at the 2017 World Championships in London . In addition, Linke won the European Cup in Podebrady as the first German ever to win the European Cup over 20 km.

Linke celebrated its greatest international success so far in 2019 at the 2019 World Athletics Championships . In 1:27:19 h, the walker secured fourth place over 20 km. After the race there was initially confusion about his result, as Linke had apparently lost his timing chip on the track. Due to the climatic conditions in Doha, Qatar (temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius), the 20 km walker race was only started at night and was therefore a particular sporting challenge. After the race he said: “Of course, [fourth] place is very good. My best international ranking. But of course I do the sport to win a medal. ”As in the women's competitions, some walkers had to give up prematurely in the men's competitions or collapsed due to a heat breakdown . Linke described the conditions as “abnormal”, but he “got along surprisingly well with the heat. It was a purely elimination race and I made it through. ”The running association German Road Races (GRR) criticized the event strongly:“ The health of the athletes is not considered at all. ”GRR asked the DLV to contact the IAAF to express it accordingly critical.

Top performances

(As of July 1, 2019)

Hall
  • 3000 m: 10: 49.33 min, February 9, 2018, Erfurt
  • 5000 m: 18: 33.86 min, March 1, 2019, Halle (Saale)
open air
  • 3000 m: 10: 57.45 min, May 22, 2019, Bergen
  • 10,000 m: 38: 40.25 min, June 11, 2016, Bühlertal
  • 10 km: 40:08 min, September 25, 2017, Suzhou
  • 20 km: 1:18:42 h DR, June 8, 2019, A Coruña
  • 50 km: 3:47:33 h, May 13, 2012, Saransk

successes

National

International

Web links

Commons : Christopher Linke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Christopher Linke German champion for the first time , September 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Christopher Linke is canceled , September 1st, 2011.
  3. ↑ Christopher Linke comes across in Weltspitze Leichtathletik.de, May 13, 2012, accessed on July 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ World Athletics Championships: Geher Linke is fourth, Brembach collapses . In: Spiegel Online . October 4, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 5, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Japanese Yamanishi goes to gold - Left fourth. In: sportschau.de. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
  6. ↑ World Athletics Championships in Doha: Nils Brembach collapses while walking 20 km. In: sport1.de. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Horst Milde: GRR commentary on the long distance and walking competitions of the World Cup in DOHA 2019. In: German Road Races. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Left, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam , GDR