Lena Schöneborn

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Modern pentathlon

GermanyGermany Germany
Olympic games
gold 2008 Beijing singles
World Championship
gold 2017 Cairo Season
bronze 2017 Cairo team
gold 2016 Moscow Season
bronze 2016 Moscow singles
bronze 2016 Moscow team
gold 2015 Berlin singles
silver 2015 Berlin team
gold 2012 Rome Season
gold 2011 Moscow team
silver 2011 Moscow Season
bronze 2010 Chengdu singles
bronze 2010 Chengdu team
gold 2009 London team
silver 2009 London Season
bronze 2009 London singles
silver 2007 Berlin singles
silver 2007 Berlin team
bronze 2007 Berlin Season
gold 2005 Warsaw Season
European Championship
gold 2017 Minsk Season
gold 2015 Bath Season
silver 2015 Bath team
bronze 2015 Bath singles
gold 2014 Székesfehérvár singles
gold 2014 Székesfehérvár team
silver 2014 Székesfehérvár Season
bronze 2013 Drzonkow team
bronze 2013 Drzonkow Season
gold 2011 Medway singles
silver 2011 Medway team
silver 2011 Medway Season
gold 2010 Debrecen team
silver 2010 Debrecen singles
silver 2010 Debrecen Season

Lena Schöneborn (born April 11, 1986 in Troisdorf ) is a former modern pentathlete from Germany . She won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . With 34 medals at world and European championships, she is also the most successful female athlete in the history of this sport.

Sporty vita

Beginnings

Schöneborn began her career in the swimming department of her home club SpVgg Lülsdorf-Ranzel in Niederkassel . After the municipal swimming pool was temporarily closed due to renovation work, she joined the training group for modern pentathlon of the SSF Bonn .

There she came into contact with the individual disciplines of the versatile sport and decided to practice modern pentathlon professionally. By winning the German Youth Championship in four-way combat (shooting, fencing, swimming, running) between 2001 and 2003, she demonstrated her extraordinary talent at an early stage.

2004–2005: first successes

In 2004, at the age of only 18, she became German champion in modern pentathlon for the first time. In the same year she also took part in the International Youth Olympic Camp at the Games in Athens as one of two young German athletes .

Schöneborn celebrated her first major title in 2005 at the Junior World Championships in Moscow, where she won the individual title.

Together with her current trainer Kim Raisner and Elena Reiche, she surprisingly won the gold medal at the World Championships in Warsaw with the relay.

2006–2007: international breakthrough

In 2006 she completed her first season with the professionals and convinced with a fourth place at the World Cup opener in Acapulco . At the World Championships in Guatemala , Schöneborn immediately finished 20th.

In the following year Schöneborn established itself among the world's best. Sixth places in each of the first three World Cups was followed by fourth place at the European Championships in Riga , which also meant direct qualification for the Olympic Games in Beijing.

At the World Championships in her native Berlin, she won the runner-up title and added silver in the team and bronze in the relay to her collection of medals. She also secured her second title at the German Championships and third place at the Junior World Championships in Caldas da Rainha .

2008: Olympic gold in Beijing

In the "Olympic year", Schöneborn demonstrated her good form with a second place at the World Cup in Madrid and fifth at the European Championships in Budapest.

Together with her teammate Eva Trautmann, she competed at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, where she won the first German Olympic victory in modern pentathlon since Gotthard Handrick's triumph in Berlin in 1936.

After a rather mediocre shooting with 177 rings as 21st of 36 starters, she was able to improve to first place in fencing. With 28 wins and only seven defeats, she set a new Olympic record in this sub-discipline. She had the tenth best swimming time and a fourth place in show jumping with just one drop. She defended her lead in the final 3,000-meter run with the ninth-best running time. She secured the Olympic victory in front of the Briton Heather Fell .

In the election for “Sportswoman of the Year”, Schöneborn took fourth place behind swimmer Britta Steffen , fencer Britta Heidemann and biathlete Magdalena Neuner . In 2008 she received the Silver Laurel Leaf for winning the gold medal.

2009: a year of transition

The season of 2009 started mixed for Schöneborn: At the first two World Cup starts she could not place in the front field, the home European championships in Leipzig ended with a big disappointment. After good results in fencing and swimming, she was thrown from her horse in the equestrian competition and thus fell hopelessly behind in the overall ranking. She eventually finished the competition in 34th place.

The 2009 World Championships in London, however, were much more successful. Due to a very good performance in the final combined competition, which combines shooting and running as a new discipline, she improved from tenth to third place in the individual and thus secured the bronze medal. In addition, the German team with Schöneborn, Eva Trautmann (6th) and Janine Kohlmann (24th) surprisingly won the gold medal in the team standings and silver in the relay.

2010: Dominance in the World Cup

Schöneborn secured her first World Cup victory on March 4, 2010 in Playa del Carmen / Mexico. An impressive winning streak followed, during which she won the World Cups in Budapest and Berlin and the finals in Moscow - four of five competitions of the season. Only at the station in Medway did she have to be content with tenth place.

Schöneborn returned home from the European Championships in Debrecen with three medals, the trio crowned second places in the individual classification and in the relay with Eva Trautmann and Annika Schleu by winning the title in the team classification.

2011–2012: European champion in Medway, disappointment at the Olympic Games

By winning the European Championship in Medway, Schöneborn added another title to her collection in August 2011. Schöneborn was also successful with the team (silver medal, with Eva Trautmann and Annika Schleu) and the relay (silver medal, with Eva Trautmann).

A month earlier, the World Cup final in London also served as a dress rehearsal for the Olympic Games in the same place the following year. There, too, Schöneborn was at the top of the podium after being able to pull away on the last lap in the Combined of Laura Asadauskaite (Lithuania). With this victory she also secured the coveted direct qualification for the London Games.

At the end of the season, the World Championships in Moscow, Schöneborn failed to achieve the individual title in fifth place. As two years before, the team was able to win the gold medal, and together with Eva Trautmann they took second place in the relay.

With the opening victory at the World Cup in Charlotte , Schöneborn celebrated a successful start to the 2012 Olympic season. Fifth place at the World Championships in Rome, the title in the first three-person relay (with Janine Kohlmann and Annika Schleu) and victory at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow confirm the good shape.

The Olympic Games in London ended with a disappointing 15th place for Schöneborn. Mixed performances in fencing (19 wins, 16 defeats) and swimming (22nd place, 2: 19.76 min) as well as numerous penalty points in riding (29th place) threw Schöneborn back in the fight for the medals hopelessly.

2013–2014: again European champion

After Schöneborn initially concentrated on her studies in 2013 and started the season late, she was able to win two bronze medals in relay and team at the European Championships in Drzonkow.

The 2014 European Championships were even more successful, at which Schöneborn was crowned title holder for the second time since 2011. She also won the title in the team (with Annika Schleu and Janine Kohlmann) and silver in the relay (with Annika Schleu). Lena Schöneborn finished the season in second place in the world.

2015: First world champion

In 2015 Schöneborn became German champion for the seventh time and for the first time at the world championship in Berlin from June 28 to July 5, 2015, she set a new world point record in fencing with 282 points. She also became vice world champion with the team. At the following European Championship in Bath, Schöneborn won a complete set of medals consisting of gold (relay), silver (team) and bronze (individual).

2016: disappointment at the third Olympic Games

Schönborn at the 2016 Olympic Games

The start of the Olympic season was also promising for Schöneborn. She managed the feat of landing on the podium at all starts, including a total of three World Cup victories. At the World Championships in Moscow she was able to win the gold medal in the relay together with Annika Schleu, as well as the bronze medal in the individual and in the team. As the world number one, she was next to the defending champion Laura Asadauskaitė (Lithuania) as the top favorite for the competition on August 18 and 19 in Rio. In the end it was a disappointing 32nd place after the drawn horse "Legende" refused several times and the individual show jumping discipline was disqualified and scored zero.

On July 23, Schöneborn was proposed by the DOSB as one of five possible candidates as the flag bearer of the German team for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Table tennis player Timo Boll won the election .

In spring 2018, Schöneborn ended her athletic career.

Private life

Schöneborn completed her school career in 2005 at the Kopernikus-Gymnasium Niederkassel with a high school diploma.

In parallel to competitive sports, she studied business administration at the HWR Berlin from 2005 to 2010 . She then completed the International Marketing Management master's program there, which she successfully completed in 2013. She then worked for Deutsche Post DHL and switched to a marketing agency in 2014.

Schöneborn married the pentathlon Alexander Nobis on September 13, 2017 . Her sisters Deborah and Rabea are active as track and field athletes. Schöneborn lives in Berlin and trained at the Olympic base there. She still started officially for the SSF Bonn , but was with the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 .

Schöneborn has been a member of the advisory board of the German Sports Lottery since 2014.

Awards

Lena Schöneborn 2018

Web links

Commons : Lena Schöneborn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/sport/Leben-mit-der-Favoritenb%C3%BCrde-article3265759.html
  2. ↑ http://www.pentathlon.org/athletes/athlete-bio/?id=4166/
  3. ↑ a b Lena Schöneborn ends sporting career , on: spandau04.de, from April 11, 2018, accessed October 23, 2019
  4. ↑ http://www.lena-schoeneborn.com/artikel/jahresrueckblick-und-ein-herzliches-dankeschoen-23768.html
  5. ↑ Lena Schöneborn got married . RP.online, April 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ http://www.lena-schoeneborn.com/profil.html
  7. ^ After Harting, Bredau and Rauch: Lena Schöneborn fourth member of the advisory board ( Memento from April 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Simon Bartsch: GA Sportsman of the Year 2015: Lena Schöneborn & Max Rendschmidt . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . Bonner newspaper printer and publishing house H. Neusser GmbH, Bonn October 16, 2015 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed on April 26, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Schöneborn, Lena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German modern pentathlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Troisdorf