Romy Spitzmüller

Romy Spitzmüller (born September 19, 1981 in Leipzig ) is a German long-distance runner who specializes in marathons .

In 2002 she became German junior champion in the half marathon . In 2003 she defended this title and won the Essen marathon around the Baldeneysee in 2:34:57 h. In the following year she won the Bonn Marathon with the current course record of 2:32:33 h and was eighth in the Berlin Marathon . The following year she was second in Bonn. In 2006, despite a time of 2:36:46 h, she only came 14th in the Hamburg Marathon , and although she won the race around the Baldeneysee this year and the following , she did not come close to her time Bonn. In 2007 she took third place at the German half marathon championships.

The 1.64 m tall and 46 kg heavy athlete started for the SV Lindenau 1848 until 1995 , then until 2007 for the LAZ Leipzig . At the beginning of 2008 she switched to 1. LAV Rostock, where she is trained by Klaus-Peter Weippert, who also looks after Ulrike Maisch .

Personal bests

• 5000 m : 16: 59.28 min, June 15, 2008, Neubrandenburg
• 10,000 m : 35: 01.68 min, May 11, 2002, Dessau
• Half marathon: 1:16:16 h, March 23, 2002, Schotten
• Marathon: 2:32:33 h, April 4, 2004, Bonn

Web links

• Romy Spitzmüller in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait on Leichtathletik.de
• Athlete portrait at the 1st LAV Rostock