Patrick Karl

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Patrick Karl athletics

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Patrick Karl at the German championships 2018

nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 3rd May 1996 (age 24)
place of birth Ochsenfurt ,  Germany
size 190 cm
Weight 74 kg
job Police officer
Career
discipline Obstacle course
Best performance 3000 m obstacle: 8: 31.81 min (2018)
society TV Ochsenfurt
Trainer Klaus Karl (father) and Enrico Aßmus
status active
Medal table
U20 European Championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
German championships 0 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
EAA logo Junior European Championships
silver Eskilstuna 2015 3000 m obstacle
DLV logo German championships
silver Kassel 2016 3000 m obstacle
silver Nuremberg 2018 3000 m obstacle
last change: August 3, 2018

Patrick Karl (born May 3, 1996 in Ochsenfurt ) is a German athlete who specializes in obstacle course .

career path

Karl is a police officer and is training with the Bavarian riot police (BBPol).

Athletic career

As a child, his parents introduced him, his sister and his brother to the sport through forest runs. In 2012 Karl became German U18 champion over 2000 meters in Rheydt . In 2013 he was able to become German U18 champion again in Rostock and took 10th place internationally over 2000 meters at the U18 World Championships in Donetsk . In 2014, Karl was German U20 runner-up over 2000 meters in Wattenscheid and came 12th at the U20 World Championships in Eugene (Oregon) over the longer 3000 meter obstacle distance. In 2015 he won the championship title on the 2000-meter obstacle course at the German Youth Championships in Jena and was U20 Vice European Champion over 3000 meters in Eskilstuna .

From 2016 onwards, due to age, Karl only competed over the 3000 meter obstacle. In Wattenscheid he won the U23 championship title at the German Junior Championships and was German runner-up in Kassel . In 2017 he won the U23 runner-up at the German Junior Championships in Leverkusen and came in 5th at the German Championships . In 2018 Karl became German U23 champion in Heilbronn and German runner-up in Nuremberg .

Karl has been part of the perspective squad of the German Athletics Association (DLV) since the competitive sports reform 2017/18 .

Trivia

Patrick Karl comes from a sports-loving family. His mother competes in marathons and his father Klaus, who also trains him, was once an obstacle runner himself with a best time of 9: 05.68 min in 1986. His uncle Hubert Karl was German champion in the 3,000-meter obstacle course in 8:27 in 1989 , 95 min.

Club affiliations

Patrick Karl starts for TV Ochsenfurt .

Personal bests

(As of August 2, 2018)

Hall
  • 1500 m: 3: 59.77 min, Erfurt , February 5, 2014
  • 3000 m: 8: 23.77 min, Fürth , January 28, 2017
open air
  • 800 m: 1: 56.01 min, Regensburg , June 8, 2013
  • 1000 m: 2: 27.55 min, Höchstadt , July 29, 2015
  • 1500 m: 3: 48.46 min, Regensburg , June 5, 2016
  • 3000 m: 8: 34.92 min, Munich , July 12, 2014
  • 5000 m: 14: 39.16 min, Erding , July 16, 2016
  • 2000 m obstacle: 5: 40.23 min, Jena , August 1st, 2015
  • 3000 m obstacle: 8: 31.81 min, Pfungstadt , July 11, 2018

successes

national
international

Web links

Commons : Patrick Karl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrick Karl , on sportschau.de, accessed August 3, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d Joachim Mölter: Athletics In the name of the father and the uncle , on: sueddeutsche.de, from July 23, 2018, accessed August 3, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Karl, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German obstacle runner
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Ochsenfurt