Lena Klaassen
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nation | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 22nd November 1991 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Geldern , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 169 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
job | Office clerk , business administration student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Middle distance and relays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | Hall: 800 m: 2: 07.27 - 1500 m: 4: 22.29 min Open air: 800 m: 2: 05.27 - 1500 m: 4: 18.83 min |
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society | starts for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen , formerly: SV Sonsbeck |
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Trainer | Sebastian Weiß, Paul-Heinz Wellmann ; vorm .: Adi Zaar |
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status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: July 29, 2019 |
Lena Klaassen (born November 22, 1991 in Geldern / North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German athlete who specializes in medium-distance runs and relays .
career path
After moving to Leverkusen as part of her dual career, Klaassen was able to attend a sports-promoting high school and boarding school, completed an apprenticeship as an office clerk in 2014 and is studying for a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Düsseldorf .
Athletic career
2008 was the most successful year for Lena Klaassen to date. She was German youth champion with the 3 x 800 meter relay and with the 4 x 400 meter relay German U23 champion as well as German cross-country runner-up with the B youth team. Further placements in 2008 were a 3rd place over 800 meters at the German U18 championships , a 4th place at the German cross-country championships as B-youths in the individual evaluation and a 5th place at the German youth indoor championships on the 800 meters.
In 2010, two more championship titles followed with relays: At the German U20 championships (3 × 800 m) and the German U23 championships (4 × 400 m). Furthermore, Klaassen came in 3rd place at the German Cross Country Championships with the A-youth team and got two fourth places, one at the German U20 indoor championships in the 800-meter run, and the other at the German U20 championships in 2000 meter obstacle course .
As a relay runner in the 3 x 800 meter relay, Klaassen was German champion in 2014 and 2017 and German runner-up in 2015 and 2018 . In 2015 she became German indoor champion in the hall
2016 started for Klaassen with a German indoor record of 6: 22.59 min in the 3 x 800 meter relay with Carolin Walter and Rebekka Ackers in the women’s class as part of the German Youth Indoor Championships , and a week later she became German Indoor runner-up over 1500 meters.
In 2017, during the indoor season at the Vectis Indoor Meeting in Kirchberg, Luxembourg , Klaasen set a personal best of 4: 22.29 minutes over 1500 meters and took third place, first at the German indoor championships over 1500 meters and a week later with the 3 x 800 meter relay, which is traditionally held as part of the German Youth Indoor Championships.
Klaassen is not in the squad of the German Athletics Association (DLV) .
Club affiliations
Lena Klaassen has started for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen since autumn 2006 . Before that, she started for SV Sonsbeck .
Personal bests
(As of May 18, 2017)
- Hall
- Leverkusen 800 meters: 2: 07.27 min, January 17, 2015 in
- 1500 meters: 4: 22.29 min, February 10, 2017 in Kirchberg
- open air
- Kassel 800 meters: 2: 05.27 min, August 12, 2015 in
- 1500 meters: 4: 18.83 min, July 5, 2014 in Oordegem
- 10 km road: 35:27 min, March 6, 2016 in Leverkusen
- 4 × 400 meters: 3: 40.88 min, August 15, 2010 in Regensburg
successes
- national
- 2007: 5th place German U18 championships (800 m)
- 2008: 5th place German indoor youth championships (800 m)
- 2008: German cross-country runner-up (B-youth team)
- 2008: 4th place German Cross Country Championships (B-youth individual evaluation)
- 2008: German U20 champion (3 × 800 m) * 2008: 3rd place German U18 championships (800 m)
- 2008: German U23 champion (4 × 400 m)
- 2009: 8th place German U20 indoor championships (1500 m)
- 2010: 4th place German U20 indoor championships (800 m)
- 2010: 3rd place German Cross Country Championships (A-youth team)
- 2010: German U20 champion (3 × 800 m)
- 2010: 4th place German U20 championships (2000 m H)
- 2010: German U23 champion (4 × 400 m)
- 2011: 4th place German championships (6.75 km cross team)
- 2011: 4th place German championships (4 × 400 m)
- 2011: 3rd place German championships (3 × 800 m)
- 2012: 7th place German championships (3 × 800 m)
- 2013: 4th place German U23 championships (1500 m)
- 2014: 3rd place German Indoor Championships (1500 m)
- 2014: 6th place German Championships (1500 m)
- 2014: German Champion (3 × 800 m)
- 2015: German indoor champion (3 × 800 m)
- 2015: 6th place German indoor championships (1500 m)
- 2015: German runner-up (3 × 800 m)
- 2016: German indoor champion (3 × 800 m) with German indoor record
- 2016: German indoor runner-up (1500 m)
- 2017: 3rd place German indoor championships AK women (3 × 800 m)
- 2017: 3rd place German indoor championships (1500 m)
- 2017: German Champion (3 × 800 m)
Web links
- Lena Klaassen in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Lena Klaassen in the database of European Athletics (English)
- Portrait on club side
- Competition overview on Leichtathletik-datenbank.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Pulsfort: 23 graduates have mastered dual careers ( memento of the original from March 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Duale Karriere, on: tsvbayer04.de, July 4, 2014, accessed May 20, 2017
- ↑ Rebekka Ackers , on: xing.com, accessed May 20, 2017
- ↑ Mareike Gehrmann: "Summer can come" , athletics, on: rp-online.de, March 7, 2010, accessed May 20, 2017
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Klaassen, Lena |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Funds |