Nico Motchebon
Nico Motchebon (born November 13, 1969 in Berlin ) is a former German modern pentathlete , track and field athlete ( middle distance runner ) and Olympic fifth over 800 meters .
Career
After Motchebon had practiced athletics as a schoolboy, he began a career as a modern pentathlon in 1985. He became vice world champion with the relay in 1989, won the German championship title in 1991 and qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , where he was not used. In the fall of 1992 he switched to athletics. His first club in this area was SC Charlottenburg from 1993 . After six months of training under Teja Mikisch (from 1993 Cheick-Idriss Gonschinska ) and nine indoor races, he won the bronze medal at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Toronto . In 1994/95 he started for LAC Halensee Berlin , 1996 to 2001 for LAC Quelle and from 2002 for LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim-Ludwigsburg . With 1: 43.91 min, it is third on the all-time German best list over 800 meters (as of March 2020) . Furthermore, he has held the German indoor record over this distance since 1995 with 1: 44.88 min (as of May 2010) .
Since November 2014 Motchebon has been a member of the executive committee of the German Association for Modern Pentathlon as a sports warden.
successes
- International
Modern pentathlon
- 1989 Vice World Champion relay (Motchebon, Czermak , Zimmer )
- 1991 3rd place World Championships relay ( Olschewski , Motchebon, Czermak)
800 meter run
- 1993: 3rd place indoor world championships
- 1994: 4th place European indoor championships, 4th place European championships , European Cup winner, 5th place World Cup
- 1995: European Cup winner, 4th place in the World Championships
- 1996: 5th place Olympic Games , 3rd place European Cup
- 1997: 4th place World Indoor Championships , 2nd place European Cup
- 1999: 3rd place World Indoor Championships , 2nd place European Cup
- National
- 1991: German champion modern pentathlon
- 1993–1997, 1999, 2001: German champion 800 m
- 1999: German champion 4 × 400 m
- 1993–1998: German indoor champion 800 m
- 1993, 1996, 1999: German indoor champion 3 × 1000 m
- 1995, 1999: German indoor champion 4 × 400 m
Top performances
- open air
- 100 m : 11.11 s, September 14, 1993 in Berlin
- 400 m : 46.71 s, May 31, 1997 in Athens
- 600 m: 1: 15.31 min (German best performance), September 3, 1997 in Dortmund
- 800 m : 1: 43.91 min, July 31, 1996 in Atlanta
- 1000 m: 2: 20.47 min, June 3, 1994 in Jena
- 1500 m : 3: 52.45 min, September 5, 1995 in Rieti
- Hall
- 400 m : 46.83 s, January 18, 1999 in Chemnitz
- 600 m: 1: 15.12 min (European best performance), February 28, 1999 in Sindelfingen
- 800 m : 1: 44.88 min (German record), February 5, 1995 in Stuttgart
Records
- open air
- 600 m: 1: 15.31 min (German best performance), September 3, 1997 in Dortmund
- Hall
- 600 m: 1: 15.12 min (former world record), February 28, 1999 in Sindelfingen
- 800 m : 1: 44.88 min (German record), February 5, 1995 in Stuttgart
See also
Web links
- NICO MOTCHEBON in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Nico Motchebon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Motchebon, Nico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German middle distance runner and modern pentathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |