Claudia Gesell
Claudia Meier-Gesell 
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| birthday | 18th December 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Tirschenreuth , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| job | Sports scientist (univ.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | 800 m , 4 × 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| society | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Horst Gesell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claudia Andrea Barbara Gesell (born December 18, 1977 in Tirschenreuth ), married Claudia Meier-Gesell , is a former German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800-meter course .
Career
In 1993 she switched from triathlon to athletics and in 1996 she became Junior World Champion over 800 meters in Sydney and with the German 4 x 400 meter relay . In 1999 she was U23 European champion over 800 meters and made it to the semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Seville and a year later at the Olympic Games in Sydney .
At the European Championships in Munich in 2002 and at the World Athletics Championships in 2003 in Paris / Saint-Denis, she was fifth. In the 2004 season she was handicapped by several flu infections and was eliminated from the Olympic Games in Athens . After the European Indoor Championships in Madrid, which she finished sixth, she suffered an injury to the Achilles tendon , which prevented participation in the World Championships in Helsinki and made an operation necessary. She was a total of 13 times German champion over 800 m.
Claudia Gesell first started for LAC Quelle Fürth , then from 1999 to 2005 for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and then moved to LAV ASICS Tübingen. She graduated from the Max-Reger-Gymnasium in Amberg and has been a qualified sports scientist since 2006 after studying at the Technical University of Munich .
After various injuries, she ended her active career in 2007.
Claudia Meier-Gesell is married and has two children. Today she works as a sports educator at the Gregor-Mendel-Gymnasium in Amberg .
Personal best
- 800 m: 1: 58.37 min Leverkusen , August 20, 2000
- 1000 m: 2: 37.86 min Karlstadt , June 20, 1999
Web links
- Claudia Gesell in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Claudia Gesell - there are no halves! , Portrait of Christian Fuchs on Leichtathletik.de, December 25, 2002
- Big running vita with little sayings , article by Claus-Dieter Wotruba in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung , July 4th, 2008
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Gesell, Claudia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gesell, Claudia Andrea Barbara; Meier-Gesell, Claudia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tirschenreuth |