Erfurt LAC
| Surname | Erfurt Athletics Center |
|---|---|
| sport | athletics |
| Founded | October 29, 1996 |
| Place of foundation | Erfurt |
| Association headquarters | Schützenstrasse 4 99096 Erfurt |
| Members | approx. 350 |
| Chairman | Thomas Gentzel |
The Erfurt Athletics Center eV , mostly Erfurt LAC for short, is a popular sports club from Erfurt . With 350 members, it is one of the clubs with the largest number of members in Thuringia . With the LAC Erfurt Top Team , the association has a high performance center for athletics in Germany, in which the national trainers of the German Athletics Association also look after training groups.
history
The Erfurt Athletics Center was founded on October 29, 1996 and was created through the merger of the departments of the Thuringian Sports Club and the Erfurt Ice Sports Club .
At the 2004 Olympic Games , Ulrike Urbansky was the first athlete to take part in the Erfurt LAC.
On October 23, 2017, the chairman of the Erfurt LAC announced that there was an agreement with TV Wattenscheid 01 to seek cooperation in the sprint youth sector in order to create a win-win situation for the promotion of athletes by using synergies .
In 2017, the Erfurt LAC took second place in the club ranking of the German Athletics Association (DLV) in the age groups U18 to U20 behind the LG Stadtwerke München and ahead of the SC Potsdam .
Well-known athletes
| athlete | discipline | successes |
|---|---|---|
| Katja humility | Triple jump | 8 × German triple jump champion |
| Florence Ekpo-Umoh | Relay race | Olympic participation 2008, silver at the German championships 2007 |
| Martin Gray | Hurdles | German champion 2015 and 2018 (3000 m obstacle) |
| Karl Junghannß | Walking / long distance running | 2018 victory in the Kassel marathon over the half marathon distance |
| Dennis Leyckes | Decathlon | Olympic participant in 2004 |
| Claudia Marx | 400 meter run | Olympic participant 2004, German champion 2005 and 2006 |
| Julian Reus | sprint | 19 × German champion since 2008 |
| Tim Stegemann | Obstacle course | German champion 2017 (3000 m obstacle) |
| Pascal Blunt | 400 meter run | Bronze Junior European Championships 2015 |
| Ulrike Urbansky | 400 meter hurdles | Olympic participant in 2000 and 2004, German champion in 2000 and 2007 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sandra Arm: Top-Team of the LAC Erfurt: A mixture of newcomers, hopefuls and experienced athletes. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. November 23, 2018, accessed August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ 2004 - ELAC at the Olympics for the first time. In: erfurter-lac.de. March 9, 2019, accessed August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Julian Reus moves to Erfurt. In: tv-wattenscheid-01.de. September 3, 2017, accessed August 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Axel Lukacsek: Erfurt LAC established in the national top. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. March 1, 2018, accessed August 4, 2019 .