Dana Bergrath
Dana Bergrath 
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| nation |
 Germany
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| birthday | 24th April 1994 (age 26) |
| place of birth | Aachen , Germany |
| size | 168 cm |
| Weight | 80 kg |
| job | Student ( linguistics ) |
| Career | |
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| discipline | Javelin throw |
| Best performance | 60.60 m (2018) |
| society |
TSV Bayer Leverkusen , first club: DJK Rasensport Aachen-Brand |
| Trainer |
Helge Zöllkau , formerly: Matthias Rau, first trainers: Michaela Alt and Wolfgang Bergrath (father) |
| status | active |
| last change: October 18, 2018 | |
Dana Bergrath (born April 24, 1994 in Aachen , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German athlete who specializes in javelin throwing.
career path
Bergrath studies linguistics . First she was at the University of Bonn , then at the University of Cologne .
Athletic career
Inspired by her father, a former sprinter , Dana Bergrath came to athletics at elementary school age, with throwing the ball being her strongest discipline. At the DJK Rasensport Aachen-Brand she picked up a spear for the first time, and spurred on by the great success of Leverkusen Steffi Nerius , she stayed with this discipline.
In 2009, Dana Bergrath was a W15 student with 44.80 m, the record holder for the North Rhine.
In 2010 Bergrath came 10th at the German U18 indoor championships in Halle (Saale) .
In 2011 she took 5th place at the German U18 winter throwing championships in Leverkusen and bronze at the German U18 championships in Jena .
In 2012 Bergrath became German U20 winter throwing runner-up in Sindelfingen .
In 2013 she won 4th place at the German U20 Championships in Rostock .
In 2014 Bergrath reached 5th place at the German University Championships in Kassel and the German U23 Championships in Wesel . At the German Championships in Ulm she came in 10th place.
In 2015 she took 3rd place in the German U23 championships in Wetzlar .
In 2016 Bergrath was able to become German university runner-up in Paderborn and took 7th place at the German championships in Kassel . In Wattenscheid she was German U23 runner-up .
In 2017, Bergrath in Kassel was again German university vice- champion and reached 11th place at the German championships in Erfurt .
In 2018, at the javelin meeting in Offenburg with 60.06 m , she fulfilled the standard of 60.00 m for the European Championships in Berlin at the beginning of June and confirmed her form five weeks later in Lucerne at the top athletics Lucerne with a personal best of 60.60 m. The German Championships in Nuremberg concluded Bergrath from 5th place. At the European Championships Bergrath retired in the qualification.
Bergrath has been part of the supplementary squad of the German Athletics Association (DLV) since the competitive sports reform 2017/18 and was previously in the B-squad of the DLV.
Club affiliations
Dana Bergrath has been with TSV Bayer Leverkusen since autumn 2010 and was previously with DJK Rasensport Aachen-Brand .
Best values
(As of August 9, 2018)
- Performance development
| year | DLV | IAAF |
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| 2009 | 44.80 m | |
| 2010 | 42.76 m | 39.85 m |
| 2011 | 48.39 m | 47.80 m |
| 2012 | 50.39 m | 50.39 m |
| 2013 | 46.77 m | 46.77 m |
| 2014 | 51.22 m | 50.30 m |
| 2015 | 51.62 m | 51.07 m |
| 2016 | 54.96 m | 54.96 m |
| 2017 | 56.96 m | 56.96 m |
| 2018 | 60.60 m | 60.60 m |
- Personal best
- 60.60 m ( Lausanne , top athletics Lucerne , July 9, 2018)
successes
- national
- 2010: 10th place German U18 winter throwing championships
- 2011: 5th place German U18 winter throwing championships
- 2011: 3rd place German U18 championships
- 2012: German U20 winter throw runner-up
- 2013: 4th place German U20 championships
- 2014: 5th place German University Championships
- 2014: 5th place German U23 championships
- 2014: 10th place German championships
- 2015: 3rd place German U23 championships
- 2016: German university runner-up
- 2016: 7th place German championships
- 2016: German U23 runner-up
- 2017: German university runner-up
- 2017: 11th place German championships
- 2018: 5th place German championships
- international
- 2018: 20th place in the European Championships
Web links
- Dana Bergrath in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Dana Bergrath in the database of European Athletics (English)
- Dana Bergrath on the club side
- Athlete portrait on Leichtathletik.de
- EM 2018 Berlin team brochure of the DLV, p. 9 (pdf 21.3 MB)
- Dana Bergrath on sportschau.de
- Competitive performance on Leichtathletik-datenbank.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Birkenstock: The secret dream of the Aachen javelin thrower Dana Bergrath , on: aachener-zeitung.de, August 7, 2018, accessed August 8, 2018
- ↑ a b c Results of the German University Championships 2014 , on: adh.de, accessed October 17, 2018 (pdf 981 kB)
- ↑ a b c Results of the German University Championships 2016 , on: adh.de, accessed October 17, 2018 (pdf 470 kB)
- ↑ a b c Results of the German University Championships 2017 , on: adh.de, accessed October 17, 2018 (pdf 6 MB)
- ↑ a b c Harald Koken: Dana Bergrath: Surprise coup with world championship support , people, on: Leichtathletik.de, from October 18, 2018, accessed October 18, 2018
- ↑ information according to DLV leaderboards
- ↑ information according to IAAF Athlete Profile - Progression
- ↑ a b Status: July 9, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bergrath, Dana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German javelin thrower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |