Athletics Club Jena
The Athletics Club Jena e. V. or LC Jena for short is an athletics club in the Thuringian city of Jena , which was founded as an independent athletics club on November 14, 2011 after the multi-disciplinary club TuS Jena went bankrupt . It currently has almost 300 members (as of July 2, 2014). The club colors are red and white.
History of Jena athletics
As early as 1907, Jena gained increasing national importance in athletics. In the years that followed, competitions of various levels were held in the city, including the GDR athletics championships in 1955 and the Olympic eliminations in 1964. SC Motor Jena existed from 1954 to 1990 . Prominent Jena athletes from this time include the Olympic champions Renate Stecher ( 100 m ), Ruth Fuchs ( javelin throw ), Wolfgang Nordwig ( pole vault ), Marlies Göhr ( 4 × 100 m ), Bärbel Wöckel (4 × 100 m and 200 m ) , Heike Drechsler ( long jump ), Ingrid Auerswald (4 × 100 m) and Petra Felke (javelin throw). TuS Jena , which was founded on December 3, 1990 after the fall of the Wall , filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and was finally replaced by LC Jena, which was founded on November 14, 2011.
successes
Even in its early years, the LC Jena can point to national and international successes. Bernhard Seifert was fourth in the javelin throw at the U20 World Championships 2012 in Barcelona , Thomas Röhler achieved seventh place in the same discipline at the U23 European Championships 2011 in Tallinn . Katja humility is WM-Sixteenth of 2009 and nine-time German champion in the triple jump and holds in this discipline and the German record outdoor and indoor. In 2013 Bernhard Seifert and Thomas Röhler were able to secure second and third place at the U23 European Championships in Tampere (FIN). The male U16 team from Jena also holds the German record over 4 times 100 meters (43.84 s). Thomas Röhler was allowed to participate for Germany in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and was crowned Olympic champion in the javelin throw with a width of 90.30 m.
Events
In 2014, on July 13th, the 18th National Athletics Meeting will take place in Jena.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jörg Lölke: A short chronicle of Jena athletics from the beginning until today. . Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ Website of the LC Jena. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ IAAF Athlete Profile for Bernhard Seifert . Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ Imageflyer the LC Jena . Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ↑ Imageflyer the LC Jena . Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ IAAF Athlete Profile for Katja Demut . Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- ^ Thuringian state championships - report of the LC Jena . Retrieved July 2, 2014.
