Jonna Tilgner

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Jonna Tilgner medal table

400 meter hurdles

GermanyGermany Germany
Summer Universiade
silver 2009 Belgrade 56.02 s
bronze 2007 Bangkok 56.27 s
European Athletics Cup
bronze 2008 Annecy

Jonna Valesca Tilgner (born November 18, 1984 in Hanover ) is a German athlete who competes in both the 400-meter run and the 400-meter hurdles .

Life

She began her sports career as a ten year old with MTV Friesen Bakede. In 2001 she was German B youth champion, in 2002 and 2003 she was second in the German championship in the A youth. In 2006 she became German Junior Champion over 400 meter hurdles.

In 2007 she was third in the German championships over 400 meter hurdles. At the Universiade in the same year she won bronze. In 2008 she became German champion and set a personal best and German annual best with 55.73 s. Tilgner missed the single norm for the Olympic Games in Beijing of 55.35 s. Before that, however, she had set another personal record in Regensburg with 51.90 s over 400 meters. As the fastest of the year in this discipline, she was appointed to the German 4-by-400-meter relay that started at the Olympic Games in Beijing . After qualifying for the final, the season did not get there beyond eighth place. At the European Athletics Cup that year she was third.

In 2009 Tilgner was able to defend her national title over the 400 meter hurdles in Ulm in 55.71 s, although again missing the norm, she was nevertheless called up as an individual starter in the world championship team. However, she lost her place in the 4 x 400 meter relay during the season after weak individual times. In Berlin she stayed well below her potential with 56.73 s, but still reached her goal and advanced to the next round, but showed an even worse performance there with 57.11 s and was eliminated. At the Universiade in the same year she won silver.

In 2010 Tilgner was second at the German Indoor Championships for the third time in a row. In the open air, she came third this year.

Tilgner has been married since summer 2008 and now lives in Linköping (Sweden). Their son was born on April 12, 2011. In November 2011 she started again with high-performance training, but could not qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

Jonna Tilgner is 1.69 m tall and has a competition weight of 54 kg. It started for the LG Weserbergland, the 1. LAV Rostock and the Bremen athletics team of the TuS Komet Arsten in Bremen . In 2006 and 2007 she was voted Bremen Sportswoman of the Year . She successfully completed her psychology degree in 2011.

Personal bests

  • 100 meters: 12.03 s (Bremen, 2008)
  • 200 meters: 24.16 s (Bremen, 2008)
  • 400 meters: 51.90 s (Regensburg, 2008), German fastest of the year
  • 400 meter hurdles: 55.71 s (Ulm, 2009), German fastest of the year

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Jonna Tilgner only takes off above the hurdle , May 5th 2007
  2. ↑ a b Sportswoman of the Year Jonna Tilgner. In: Bremer Sport. The sports magazine of the State Sports Association of Bremen. May 2007, p. 8 ( PDF; 5.2 MB  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.trenz.de  
  3. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Jonna Tilgner - Hurdle fever in Sweden , November 18, 2011
  4. ↑ Leichtathletik.de: Jonna Tilgner - Hurdle fever in Sweden , November 18, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Tilgner, Jonna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tilgner, Jonna Valesca (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover , Germany