Merle Homeier

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Merle Homeier athletics
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 27th August 1999 (age 21)
place of birth Bückeburg , Germany
size 181 cm
Weight 63 kg
job Student ( biology )
Career
discipline Long jump
Best performance Hall : 6.41 m (2020); Open air : 6.57 m (2020)
society LG Göttingen / ASC Göttingen , formerly: VfL Bückeburg
and LG Weserbergland / Post-SV Stadthagen
Trainer vorm .: Frank Reinhardt and Marco Leszczynski,
first trainer: Petra Homeier (mother)
status active
Medal table
German championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
German indoor championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
German U23 championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
German U20 championships 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
German U20 indoor championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
German U18 championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
German U16 championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
DLV logo German championships
silver 2019 Berlin 6.42 m
bronze 2020 Braunschweig 6.34 m
DLV logo German indoor championships
bronze 2019 Leipzig 6.38 m
bronze 2020 Leipzig 6.41 m
German U23 championships
silver 2019 Wetzlar 6.21 m
German U20 championships
silver 2018 Rostock 6.30 m
silver 2017 Ulm 6.23 m
German U20 indoor championships
gold 2018 Halle (Saale) 6.38 m
silver 2017 Sindelfingen 6.15 m
German U18 championships
gold 2016 Mönchengladbach 6.12 m
German U16 championships
gold 2014 Cologne Long jump 5.84 m
bronze 2014 Cologne High jump 1.71 m
last change: July 15, 2020

Merle Homeier (born August 27, 1999 in Bückeburg , Lower Saxony ) is a German athlete who specializes in the long jump . In 2019 she became German runner-up in the long jump.

She also competes in other disciplines at regional championships and sporting events.

career path

Homeier attended the Adolfinum Gymnasium in Bückeburg , where she graduated from high school in 2017 . From September 1, 2017, she completed a voluntary social year in Hanover with the Lower Saxony Athletics Association (NLV). She studies biology at the Leibniz University Hannover .

Athletic career

Merle Homeier started her sporting career at the age of six when she joined VfL Bückeburg . As a result, she won numerous championship titles in various disciplines and age groups.

In 2014 she won her first national title. In the long jump, she won 30 cm ahead of the runner-up at the first trial German championships for under 16s . There she also won bronze in the high jump . Before that, she had increased her personal best to 6.08 m at the German Youth U16 block championships and at the end of the year was the only 6-meter jumper to top the annual top list of the German U16 Athletics Association (DLV) in the long jump.

In 2015 Homeier was less successful in the older age group of the U18 in the indoor season at the German U18 indoor championships . At the German U18 championships she reached 4th place. At the end of the year, with 6.05 m outdoors, she was third on the DLV's annual best list of the U18 long jump.

In 2016, she started the year better with a personal best of 6.10 m at the German U18 indoor championships and fourth place. The DLV nominated her for the U20 indoor international match in Padua, where she won the German selection barely a week later with 6.06 m with a third place. In the summer Homeier was German U18 champion with 6.12 m . At the end of the year, with 6.14 m outdoors and 6.10 m indoors, she was second on the DLV's annual best list of the U18 long jumpers.

In 2017 Homeier reached a higher age group and started the year successfully as the German U20 indoor runner-up in the long jump with a personal best of 6.16 m . Because of her performance, she received another invitation to the U20 indoor international competition, where she was able to improve again with another best performance of 6.21 m and contribute to the team victory with a 2nd place in the individual ranking. In the summer Homeier took part in the German U23 championships and was the youngest in the finals in 7th place. At the U20 European Championships she reached the finals, where Homeier finished 9th with 6.12 m. Finally she became German U20 runner-up , with another personal best of 6.23 m, a distance with which she was third on the DLV annual best list of the U20 at the end of the year. In the hall she was second best with 6.21 m.

In 2018 she was able to celebrate again at the beginning of the year, because she won the title at the North German Championships in the hall, and three weeks later she became German U20 indoor champion with a personal best of 6.38 m . The DLV nominated her again for the U20 indoor international competition, where Homeier won the long jump with 6.34 m and thus contributed to another team victory. At the U20 World Championships , she did not manage to call up her usual performance and with 5.93 m could not reach her second international final after the European Championships in 2017. At the end of the season Homeier was again German U20 runner-up with a 6.30 m jump and stayed 4 cm behind the winner Lea-Jasmin Riecke . At the end of the year she led the U20 annual best list of the DLV with 6.38 m indoors and was third with 6.30 m outdoors.

In 2019 Homeier started the active year with bronze at the German Indoor Championships . At the Chrono-Classics in Weinheim she increased her personal best to 6.45 meters at the end of May, but only came 4th a few days later at the German University Championships. In mid-June she became German U23 runner-up . One month later Homeier came fourth at the U23 European Championships and was German runner-up with 6.42 m at the beginning of August . In the annual best list of the DLV she was in fourth place for women at the end of the year, setting her personal indoor best of 6.38 m and 6.45 m outdoors.

In 2020 Homeier came bronze with a personal best of 6.41 m at the German Indoor Championships .

Merle Homeier is part of the perspective squad of the German Athletics Association (DLV).

Club affiliations and trainers

Homeier started on January 1st, 2020 for the LG Göttingen , parent club ASC Göttingen . Before that, she was with VfL Bückeburg with one interruption , where she trained with Frank Reinhardt. From 2015 to 2016 Homeier started for the LG Weserbergland , parent club Post-SV Stadthagen . After the club left the athletics community and they lost their coach Marco Leszczynski, they started again for VfL Bückeburg on January 1, 2017.

Best long jump

(As of July 12, 2020)

Performance development
year Hall open air
2012 5.16 m
2013 5.58 m
2014 5.32 m 5.94 m
2015 5.69 m 5.90 m
2016 6.10 m 6.14 m
2017 6.21 m 6.23 m
2018 6.38 m 6.30 m
2019 6.38 m 6.45 m
2020 6.41 m 6.57 m
Personal best

successes

national
international
  • 2016: 1st place U20 indoor international competition (team, 3rd place individual)
  • 2017: 1st place U20 indoor international competition (team, 2nd place individual)
  • 2017: 9th place U20 European Championships (long jump)
  • 2018: 1st place U20 indoor international competition (team and individual)
  • 2018: 10th place U20 World Championships (long jump)
  • 2019: 4th place U23 European Championships (long jump)

Trivia

Merle Homeier was trained in her youth by her mother Petra, who competed in athletics herself under her maiden name Grote.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ a b WM-U20 2018 Tampere , on: Leichtathletik.de, DLV team brochure, p. 17 (pdf 14.4 MB)
  2. ↑ a b c Welcome to NLV: Gutzeit & Homeier the new FSJler , in: NLV-StaffelStab October 2017, p. 15 (pdf 25.7 MB)
  3. ↑ Isabell Remmers: Merle Homeier is having a great year 2018 , Schaumburger Ztg. / Schaumburger Nachrichten, on: sportbuzzer.de, March 4, 2019, accessed January 5, 2020
  4. ↑ a b c Long jump women before / final fight , on: laportal.net, accessed January 4, 2020
  5. ↑ a b The Homeier package , return to VfL, on: sn-online.de, December 7, 2016, accessed January 5, 2020
  6. ↑ Pamela Ruprecht: DLV nominates a promising team for the international competition in Padua , list, on: Leichtathletik.de, from February 23, 2016, accessed January 7, 2020
  7. ↑ Final Results , on: fidal.it, February 28, 2016, accessed January 4, 2020
  8. ↑ Merle Homeier with podium place and new best performance at the three-country fight in Halle / Saale , on: vfl-bueckeburg.de, from March 6, 2017, accessed January 7, 2020
  9. ↑ U20 international match GER / FRA / ITA , on: Leichtathletik.de, accessed January 7, 2020
  10. ↑ Eberhard Vollmer / alex: DLV nominates promising team for U20 international competition in Nantes , nomination, on: Leichtathletik.de, from February 28, 2018, accessed January 7, 2020
  11. ↑ Les Résultats des Compétitions , on: athle.fr, accessed January 9, 2020
  12. ↑ RESULTS Long Jump Women - Qualification , on: dlv-xml.de, accessed January 9, 2020 (pdf 144 kB)
  13. ↑ Uwe Kläfker: Merle Homeier is leaving VfL Bückeburg in the direction of Göttingen , on: sportbuzzer.de, from December 11, 2019, accessed January 5, 2020
  14. ↑ 6.08 m according to the DLV annual best list of the U16
  15. ↑ 5.81 m according to the DLV annual best list of the U18s
  16. ↑ 6.05 m according to the DLV annual best list of the U18s
  17. ↑ As of July 12, 2020
  18. ↑ Master's title for Merle Homeier , on: nlv-la.de, accessed January 8, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Homeier, Merle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckeburg