Lena Malkus

Lena Malkus
Malkus at the German Championships 2015 in Nuremberg
nation	Germany
birthday	6th August 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Bremen ,  Germany
size	180 cm
Weight	72 kg
job	Student ( psychology )
Career
discipline	Long jump , 200 m
Best performance	Hall : long jump 6.54 m; 200 m: 24.31 s Open air : long jump 6.94 m; 200 m: 23.65 s
society	Hamburger SV , formerly: SC Preussen Münster , TV Jahn Rheine , TV Borghorst
Trainer	Sebastian Bayer vorm .: Elke and Frank Bartschat
status	resigned
End of career	2020
Medal table
Youth Olympic Games 1 × 0 × 0 × European Youth Olympic Festival 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × German championships 1 × 0 × 0 × German indoor championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Youth Olympic Games gold 2010 Singapore Long jump  European Youth Olympic Festival gold 2009 Tampere Long jump  Junior World Championships silver 2012 Barcelona Long jump  U23 European Championships gold 2013 Tampere Long jump  Junior European Championships gold 2011 Tallinn Long jump  German championships gold Nuremberg 2015 Long jump  German indoor championships silver Karlsruhe 2012 Long jump bronze Karlsruhe 2012 4 × 200 m
last change: January 9, 2020

Lena Malkus (born August 6, 1993 in Bremen ) is a German athlete who mainly specializes in the long jump , but also competed in 200 m and relay races. She won the gold medal at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and the 2013 U23 European Championships .

career path

Since 2008 Malkus attended the sports boarding school in Münster and graduated from the 13th grade of the NRW sports school Pascal-Gymnasium in May 2012 with the Abitur. She has been studying psychology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster since the 2012/13 winter semester . After the end of her sporting career at the turn of the year 2019/2020, she turned to her master's thesis on the topic of "Work-life balance of full-time trainers".

Athletic career

Malkus took 1st place at the U20 European Championships in 2009 and won the German Youth Indoor Championships in 2010. At the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore , she won the gold medal with a jump of 6.40 m.

In 2011 Malkus won the title of German Junior Champion with 6.70 m . On August 6th, her 18th birthday, she was again German youth champion . With 6.69 m she exceeded the B norm for the second time (6.67 m). She decided not to participate in the World Cup in Daegu , which she was entitled to.

In February 2012 she became German runner-up in the hall . She had to cancel her start at the German Championships in Wattenscheid in June due to an injury. At the Junior World Championships (U20 World Cup) in Barcelona (Spain) in July 2012, she won silver with 6.80 m. For the second time in a row, Lena Malkus won the German U23 title in 2012 .

In 2013 she was U23 European champion with a top performance (6.76 m) and for the third time German U23 junior champion.

In 2015, on May 14, 2015, Malkus won three titles at the German University Championships in Münster within a few hours: in the long jump, in the 200-meter run and with the 4 x 100 meter relay of the University of Münster. On July 24th, she became German champion in the long jump competition on the Nuremberg main market with a width of 6.74 m and also qualified for the World Championships in Beijing , where she was eliminated in the preliminary round. The distance of their championship jump was the best distance at German championships for ten years.

In 2016 and 2017 Malkus was hardly able to appear in sports because she contracted a Yersinia infection while on vacation in Bali , which was initially not recognized, and which massively weakened her body and caused a number of injuries.

In the spring of 2018, she got appendicitis. With a special permit, she was allowed to compete in the German championships despite a lack of qualification , but was eliminated after three invalid jumps. And again one setback followed the next.

At the end of 2019, after having overcome shin problems, an inflammation in the flexor approach was the final reason for the decision to end the career.

Club affiliations

Malkus started for TV Borghorst until 2006 , in 2007 and 2008 for TV Jahn Rheine , then she moved to LG Ratio Münster . When SC Preußen Münster left the LG Ratio Münster, their right to start changed to the SC Preußen Münster basic club. After many years in the care of Elke and Frank Bartschat, she dared a new start in Hamburg. For the 2019 season, Malkus started for Hamburger SV , where she was trained by Sebastian Bayer , but did not take part in any competition in the year up to the end of her career.

Placements, widths (selection)

• 2009: 1st place at the U18 European Championships (EYOF) in Tampere , Finland
• 2009: 1st place in the 4 × 100 meter relay race, A-youth at the German Youth Championships (DJM) in Rhede 2nd place?
• 2010 : 6th place in the U20 world rankings in the long jump with 6.44 m
• 2010: 1st place at the German Youth Indoor Championships (DJHM) in Halle / S.
• 2010: 1st place in the European elimination in Moscow for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
• 2010: Gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
• 2011 : Leader of the U20 world rankings in the long jump with 6.70 m
• 2011: 3rd place at the German Youth Indoor Championships in Leverkusen
• 2011: German junior champion (with World Cup B norm) in Bremen
• 2011: 1st place at the U20 European Championships in Tallinn
• 2011: German youth champion (with WM-B-Norm) in Jena
• 2012 : Leader of the U20 world rankings in the long jump with 6.72 m
• 2012: 2nd place at the German Indoor Championships in Karlsruhe
• 2012: 3rd place in the women's relay race over 4 × 200 m, German Indoor Championships in Karlsruhe
• 2012: 2nd place at the U20 World Championships in Barcelona (Spain)
• 2012: 1st place at the German U23 championships in Kandel
• 2013: 1st place at the U23 European Championships in long jump in Tampere, World Cup 2013 in Moscow 17th place
• 2013: 1st place at the German U23 championships in Göttingen
• 2014: 1st place German U23 championships long jump
• 2015: 1st place at the German Championships with 6.74 m

Honors

• 2010 honored as junior athlete of the year at the Ball des Sports by the sports association of the city of Münster
• Elected 2011 Newcomer of the Year from NRW .
• In 2011 and 2012, she was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Sports Association of the City of Münster at the Ball des Sports.

Trivia

Malkus is the daughter of Ruth Holzhausen -Malkus, who took sixth place at the 1984 Olympic Games as a national volleyball player .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} With Lena Malkus at the sports boarding school  ( 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. , July 8, 2011  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Homework instead of championship celebration , February 22, 2010
3. ↑ ^{a b c} DerWesten : Lena Malkus already has Olympic gold , November 10, 2011
4. ↑ ^{a b} Leichtathletik.de: Lena Malkus puts the icing on the cake , July 30, 2012
5. ↑ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität : Lena Malkus , accessed on March 16, 2015
6. ^ Website Lena Malkus: Portrait ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 16, 2015
7. ↑ ^{a b} Silke Bernhart: Lena Malkus ends her career , resignation, on: Leichtathletik.de, January 9, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020
8. ^ ^{A b} Westfälische Nachrichten : Youth Olympic Games: Gold for 17-year-old Lena Malkus from Münster , August 22, 2010
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} lena-malkus.de: Off on vacation ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 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. , August 11, 2011 
10. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Lena Malkus does not start at the German Championship due to injury , June 17, 2012
11. ↑ ^{a b} Westfälische Nachrichten : Athletics: Ratio athlete jumps to 6.80 meters in the last attempt and is second in the World Cup , July 13, 2012
12. ↑ ^{a b} Westfälische Nachrichten : 6.72 meters - Malkus jumps world annual best , July 30, 2012
13. ↑ ^{a b c} www.leichtathletik-datenbank.de: Lena Malkus , accessed on March 16, 2015.
14. ↑ ^{a b} Westfälische Nachrichten : The big jump: Lena Malkus from Münster German long jump champion on the Nuremberg main market ( online ), Sport, Münster, Jürgen Beckgerd, July 25, 2015
15. ↑ Lena Malkus: "I'm making progress week by week" , interview of the week, on: Leichtathletik.de, December 14, 2017, accessed February 23, 2018
16. ↑ Lena Malkus changes to Sebastian Bayer in Hamburg. In: Leichtathletik.de. November 28, 2018, accessed December 2, 2018 . 
17. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten : Lena Malkus flies to victory , July 24, 2009
18. ↑ City magazine Echo: Ratio athletes in Rhede looking for gold ( memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), August 5, 2009
19. ↑ City magazine Echo: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: medal winners and participants of the Olympic Games, Paralympics and World Games of the Special Olympics of all ages )
20. ↑ Moscow - Lena Malkus flies to 6.44 meters , May 22, 2010
21. ↑ Jürgen Beckgerd: Three starters - two medals . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . ( wn.de ).
22. ↑ Weser-Kurier : Malkus jumps a remarkable 6.70 meters , June 26, 2011
23. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Cheers in Kassel over gold in Tallinn , July 25, 2011
24. ↑ Lena Malkus nominated for Felix Award 2011 ( memento from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), November 22, 2011
25. ^ ^{A b} Westfälische Nachrichten : Ratio athletes shine in Karlsruhe: silver for Malkus, bronze for Pinto, Greb and the relay , February 26, 2012
26. ↑ U23 EM - Malkus jumps to gold with World Cup norm , July 14, 2013
27. ↑ Focus : World best of the year by long jumper Lena Malkus , May 31, 2014
28. ↑ Main market show: Malkus jumps the furthest
29. ↑ ^{a b} Westfälische Nachrichten : The last round has started - high-speed final spurt: Many candidates are already giving full throttle in the new year , Münster's athlete of the year 2012, January 30, 2013
30. ↑ Sportinternat Münster: NRW athletes' choice: Long jumper Lena Malkus is Newcomer of the Year ( Memento from September 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Malkus, Taylor, Preußen Münster and Ditzel / Brummel winners in athlete election, front page, Münster, February 20, 2013
32. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : Great choice and big winners: three times the Prussians and two young rowers , Münster's athlete of the year 2012, February 20, 2013
33. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten : From Norpoth to Taylor: The Sportsman of the Year has been elected since 1971 / USC Münster is the record holder , Münster's Sportsman of the Year 2013, January 18, 2014

Web links

Commons : Lena Malkus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Lena Malkus in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Portrait on trackteam.de
• Press reports on trackteam.de
• Portrait on uni-muenster.de
• 2015 World Cup Beijing Team Brochure of the DLV, p. 35 (pdf 6.6 MB)