Jacob Heidtmann

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Personal information
Surname: Jacob Heidtmann
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
Swimming style (s) : Layers, crawl
Society: ST Stadtwerke Elmshorn
Birthday: November 6, 1994
Place of birth: Pinneberg
Size: 1.95 m
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Medals

Jacob Heidtmann (born November 6, 1994 in Pinneberg ) is a German swimming athlete who specializes in intermediate swimming and longer freestyle competitions. He is German champion in 2015 , 2016 and 2017 over 400 m individual medley.

successes

The 1.95 m tall Heidtmann starts for the swim team Stadtwerke Elmshorn . Internationally, he first attracted attention at the European Youth Championships in Antwerp in 2012: He was 4th in the 400 m medley, 5th in the 400 m freestyle and 11th in the 200 m freestyle. The European Short Course Championships in Chartres in 2012 brought moderate success: 18.400 m medley, 28.400 m freestyle, 42. 200 m freestyle. At the European Short Course Championships 2013 in Herning , Denmark , there was already a final run with an 8th place over 400 m medley and an 11th place over 1500 m freestyle. At the European Long Distance Championship 2014 in Berlin, a 6th place over 400 m individual medley jumped out in 4: 18.10 minutes, one place behind his compatriot Yannick Lebherz (4: 16.17). He won here the Hungarian Dávid Verrasztó (4: 11.89).

Nationally, the 2013 German Championships in Berlin achieved a podium finish over 400 m freestyle and a fourth place over 400 m medley with third place. In the same year at the German Short Course Championships 2013 in Wuppertal he was 2nd over 1500 m freestyle, 3rd over 400 m medley and 6th over 200 m freestyle. At the DM 2014 in Berlin again he was runner-up again, over 400 m individual medley. The crowning glory of his sporting career so far was the German Championships in 2015 in the capital: There were two bronze medals over 200 and 400 m freestyle ( Paul Biedermann and Florian Vogel respectively ) and he won over 400 m medley in 4: 13.28 minutes before Johannes Hintze (4: 16.58) and Kevin Wedel (4: 16.61). In doing so, he also fulfilled the standard for the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia . There he finished fifth on August 9, 2015 and swam the German record with 4: 12.08 minutes. At the German Championships 2017 on June 17, he became German champion over 400 m medley for the third time in a row and won bronze over 200 m medley.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Jacob Heidtmann started both over 400 m medley and in the 4 × 200 freestyle relay. In the run-up to the 400 m individual medley he swam a new German record, but was subsequently disqualified for the final due to an alleged substitution error. This decision could neither be clearly proven nor refuted on the basis of television pictures.

At the European Championships in Glasgow in 2018 , he won the gold medal with the mixed relay over 4 × 200 m freestyle.

Heidtmann is currently studying social economics.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heidtmann swims in world-class individual situations , FAZ April 9, 2015, accessed July 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Olympia 2016 in Rio: Unlucky Heidtmann is allowed to riot - Wenk wants to get up again. In: eurosport.de. July 8, 2016, accessed January 8, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Swimming: EM gold for freestyle mixed relay at premiere. In: svz.de. dpa, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Heidtmann, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Elmshorn