Marike Steinacker
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nation | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 3rd April 1992 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Wermelskirchen , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 185 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
job | Student ( fashion design ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | Discus: 63.24 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Helge Zöllkau and Dieter Kollark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: October 9, 2019 |
Marike Steinacker (born April 3, 1992 in Wermelskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German athlete who specializes in discus throwing.
career path
Steinacker was initially enrolled at the University of Wuppertal for mathematics and natural sciences and is now studying fashion design at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences , but has now put her focus 100 percent on sport.
Athletic career
Marike Steinacker became German U20 champion in 2010 .
In 2011 she won bronze at the German U20 championships .
In 2012 she became German U23 runner-up and came 8th at the German championships .
In 2014 Steinacker won bronze at the German Junior Championships and came 7th at the German Championships .
In 2015 she took 8th place at the German Championships , in 2016 7th place .
In 2017 Steinacker already reached 6th place at the German championships and became German university runner-up.
In 2018, after three years without improvement, she had adjusted to the end of her career and had already trained, but a 58-meter throw gave her new hope. At the German championships she came in 8th place.
In 2019, Steinacker threw 61.08 meters over the 60 mark for the first time on April 11 at the evening sports festival Wurf SC Neubrandenburg and on May 26, at the 5th junior meeting of SC Neubrandenburg with 63.24 meters, he met the standard of 61.20 meters for the world championships in Doha . With another standard of 62.61 meters, she reached 4th place at the German Championships . In view of the strong German competition, Steinacker missed the nomination for the world championships. The European Athletics Association (EAA) appointed her at the beginning of September as one of the German participants in the European line-up for the new competition format The Match , a comparison between Europe and the USA, from which the European team emerged victorious.
After the training change in the 2019 season, Steinacker had increased her personal best by over four meters.
Club affiliations
Marike Steinacker has started for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 2005 , but trains in Neubrandenburg.
Performance development
- Annual bests
Open air: discus
2009 | 45.37 m |
2010 | 50.02 m |
2011 | 54.38 m |
2012 | 55.75 m |
2013 | 55.42 m |
2014 | 57.36 m |
2015 | 59.03 m |
2016 | 56.83 m |
2017 | 57.38 m |
2018 | 58.05 m |
2019 | 63.24 m |
- Personal best
(As of October 9, 2019)
- Discus: 63.24 m, May 26, 2016 in Neubrandenburg
successes
- national
- 2009: 4th place German U18 championships
- 2010: German U20 champion
- 2010: 7th place German Junior Championships
- 2011: 6th place German Junior Championships
- 2011: 9th place German championships
- 2011: 3rd place German U20 championships
- 2012: 8th place German championships
- 2012: German U23 vice champion
- 2013: 4th place German Junior Championships
- 2013: 10th place German championships
- 2014: 3rd place German Junior Championships
- 2014: 7th place German championships
- 2015: 8th place German championships
- 2016: 7th place German championships (discus)
- 2017: 2nd place German University Championships
- 2017: 6th place German championships (discus)
- 2018: 8th place German championships
- 2019: 4th place German Championships (discus)
- international
- 2015: Silver Summer Universiade in Gwangju
- 2019: Winner The Match Europe vs USA / Match Europe vs USA (team)
Web links
- Marike Steinacker in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Marike Steinacker in the database of European Athletics (English)
- Marike Steinacker on the club side
- Performance profile on Leichtathletik-datenbank.de
- Athlete profile on ladv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summer Universiade 2015: Athletics and Athlete Profiles, on: adh.de, accessed October 9, 2019
- ↑ a b c Svenja Sapper: Marike Steinacker: “A start for Europe is something very special for me” , Interview, on: Leichtathletik.de, from September 6, 2019, accessed October 8, 2019
- ↑ a b List of results , on: adh.de, accessed October 8, 2019 (pdf 6.0 MB)
- ↑ As of October 6, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Steinacker, Marike |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wermelskirchen |