European Athletics Championships 2006 / Participant (Germany)

The German national team for the European Athletics Championships 2006 (July 7th to 13th in Gothenburg ) consisted of 77 athletes.

Initially nominated for the team by the German Athletics Association (DLV) were also the 100-meter runner Birgit Rockmeier ( LG Olympia Dortmund ), the 400-meter runner Jana Neubert ( LAC Erdgas Chemnitz ), long distance runner Alexander Lubina ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), heptathlete Karin Ertl (LG Domspitzmich Regensburg) and shot putter Peter Sack ( LAZ Leipzig ). They were eliminated due to illness or injury a few days before the start of the European Championships.

Germany was not represented in the following competitions:

• Men: marathon run, 3000 meter obstacle run, 400 meter hurdle run, 50 km walk, high jump, triple jump
• Women: 1,500 meter run, triple jump

European championship participants, men

• 100 m :
  Ronny Ostwald ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )
• 200 m :
  Sebastian Ernst ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Daniel Schnelting (LAZ Rhede)
• 400 m :
  Kamghe Gaba ( LG Eintracht Frankfurt ), Ruwen Faller ( SC Magdeburg ), Sebastian Gatzka (LG Eintracht Frankfurt)
• 800 m :
  René Herms (LG asics Pirna)
• 1500 m :
  Carsten Schlangen ( LG North Berlin )
• 5000 m :
  Jan Fitschen ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Arne Gabius (LAV asics Tübingen)
• 10,000 m :
  Jan Fitschen ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), André Pollmächer ( LAC Erdgas Chemnitz )
• 110 m hurdles :
  Thomas Blaschek ( LAZ Leipzig ), Jens Werrmann ( LAZ Zweibrücken )
• 20 km walking :
  André Höhne ( SCC Berlin )
• Pole vault :
  Tim Lobinger (ASV Köln), Lars Börgeling , Richard Spiegelburg (both TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
• Long jump :
  Sebastian Bayer ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Oliver Koenig ( LAZ Leipzig )
• Shot put :
  Ralf Bartels ( SC Neubrandenburg ), Andy Dittmar (LG Ohra Hörselgas)
• Discus throw :
  Lars Riedel ( LAC Erdgas Chemnitz ), Michael Möllenbeck ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Robert Harting ( SCC Berlin )
• Hammer throw :
  Markus Esser ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Karsten Kobs (BV Teutonia Dortmund-Lanstrop)
• Javelin throw :
  Stefan Wenk (VfL Sindelfingen), Christian Nicolay ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Peter Esenwein (LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim / Ludwigsburg)
• Decathlon :
  Dennis Leyckes (LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen), Stefan Drews ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Pascal Behrenbruch ( LG Eintracht Frankfurt )
• 4 × 100 m :
  Ronny Ostwald , Alexander Kosenkow , Sebastian Ernst (all TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Marius Broening (LAV asics Tübingen), Martin Keller ( LAC Erdgas Chemnitz )
• 4 × 400 m :
  Sebastian Gatzka , Kamghe Gaba (both LG Eintracht Frankfurt ), Ruwen Faller ( SC Magdeburg ), Bastian Swillims ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Florian Seitz (OSC Berlin), Andreas Wischek (LG Meckenheim)

European championship participants, women

• 100 m :
  Verena Sailer (LAC source Fürth / Munich / Würzburg), Katja Wakan ( Hallesche LAF )
• 200 m :
  Jala Gangnus ( LG Weserbergland )
• 400 m :
  Claudia Hoffmann ( SC Potsdam )
• 800 m :
  Monika Gradzki ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )
• 5000 m :
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt (Cologne Association for Marathon)
• 10,000 m :
  Sabrina Mockenhaupt , Irina Mikitenko ( TV Wattenscheid 01 )
• Marathon :
  Luminita Zaituc ( LG Braunschweig ), Claudia Dreher (Gänsefurther Sports Movement), Ulrike Maisch (1st LAV Rostock), Susanne Hahn (SV Schlau.com Saar 05 Saarbrücken)
• 100 m hurdles :
  Kirsten Bolm (MTG Mannheim)
• 400 m hurdles :
  Claudia Marx (Erfurter LAC)
• 3000 m obstacle :
  Verena Dreier (LG victory)
• 20 km walking :
  Sabine Zimmer , Melanie Seeger (both SC Potsdam )
• High jump :
  Julia Hartmann ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
• Pole vault :
  Silke Spiegelburg ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Nastja Ryjikh (ABC Ludwigshafen), Martina Strutz (SG Dynamo Schwerin)
• Long jump :
  Claudia Tonn (LC Paderborn)
• Shot put :
  Petra Lammert ( SC Neubrandenburg ), Nadine Kleinert ( SC Magdeburg )
• Discus throw :
  Franka Dietzsch ( SC Neubrandenburg )
• Hammer throw :
  Betty Heidler ( LG Eintracht Frankfurt ), Susanne Keil ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Kathrin Klaas (LG Eintracht Frankfurt)
• Javelin throw :
  Steffi Nerius ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ), Christina Obergföll (LG Offenburg), Annika Suthe (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
• Heptathlon :
  Lilli Schwarzkopf (LC Paderborn), Jennifer Oeser ( TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen )
• 4 × 100 m :
  Katja Wakan ( Hallesche LAF ), Verena Sailer (LAC source Fürth / Munich / Würzburg), Sandra Möller ( TV Wattenscheid 01 ), Marion Wagner ( USC Mainz ), Jala Gangnus , Cathleen Tschirch (both LG Weserbergland )
• 4 × 400 m :
  Claudia Hoffmann ( SC Potsdam ), Korinna Fink ( LG Eintracht Frankfurt ), Anja Pollmächer (Erdgas Chemnitz), Claudia Marx (Erfurter LAC), Nadine Balkow ( LG Nike Berlin )