Shanice Craft

Shanice Craft
Craft at the German Championships 2015
nation	Germany
birthday	15th May 1993 (age 27)
place of birth	Mannheim ,  Germany
size	184 cm
Weight	90 kg
job	Police chief at the Federal Police
Career
discipline	Discus throw and shot put
Best performance	Hall : 64.03 m (discus); 17.66 m (ball) open air : 65.88 m (discus); 17.75 m (ball)
society	MTG Mannheim
Trainer	René Sack , formerly: Marko Badura, Sven Schwarz, Iris and Michael Manke-Reimers , first trainer: Michael Hoffmann
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 3 × Winter Throw European Cup 2 × 0 × 0 × U23 European Championships 1 × 3 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 1 × 0 × U18 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
European championships bronze Zurich 2014 64.33 m bronze Amsterdam 2016 63.89 m bronze Berlin 2018 62.46 m Winter Throw European Cup gold Samorin 2019 Team and individual  U23 European Championships silver Tampere 2013 58.64 m silver Tampere 2013 17.29 m gold Tallinn 2015 63.83 m silver Tallinn 2015 17.29 m  Junior World Championships gold Barcelona 2012 17.15 m silver Barcelona 2012 60.42 m  Junior European Championships gold Tallinn 2011 58.65 m  Youth Olympic Games gold Singapore 2010 55.49 m  Youth World Championships bronze Brixen 2009 49.15 m
last change: February 15, 2020

Shanice Craft (born May 15, 1993 in Mannheim ) is a German athlete who specializes in discus throwing and the shot put.

career path

Craft graduated from the Ludwig-Frank-Gymnasium , an elite sports school in Mannheim, in 2012 , and completed an apprenticeship with the Federal Police .

Athletic career

After numerous championship titles in the German school and youth sector and a bronze medal at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone , she won the gold medal in the discus throw at the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 . Her winning distance of 55.49 m was both her personal and the U18 world best of the year at that time.

In 2011 she won the Junior European Championships in Tallinn with a personal best of 58.65 m.

In 2012, Craft won the gold medal in the shot put at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona with a U20 world annual best of 17.15 m and five days later the silver medal in the discus, making her the most successful athlete on the German team.

In 2014 she won the bronze medal with the discus at the European Championships in Zurich .

In 2015 Craft set up an indoor world record with the discus at 62.07 m at the ISTAF Indoor in Berlin and won the silver medal and the gold medal in the discus throw at the U23 European Championships in Tallinn in the shot put.

In 2016 Craft again won the bronze medal in the discus throw at the European Championships in Amsterdam . At the German Championships she took bronze in the discus throw (63.63 m) and came 4th in the shot put with 17.01 m.

In 2017 Craft took 4th place in the discus throw (61.43 m) at the German Championships .

In 2018 she became German champion in the discus throw for the second time (62.91 m).

In 2019 Craft won the European Winter Throwing Cup in Samorin with a team and in the discus throw with 59.79 m.

In 2020, on February 14th at the ISTAF Indoor in Berlin , she once again set a new indoor world record with the discus with 64.03 m.

Club affiliations and trainers

The 1.84 m tall athlete starts for MTG Mannheim . On the way to the Olympic Games in Tokyo , Craft joined the training group of national coach René Sack in Halle (Saale) at the beginning of 2020 . Before that she had trained with the head national coach throw / push Marko Badura in Berlin. Further trainers were Sven Schwarz, Iris and Michael Manke-Reimers as well as Michael Hoffmann.

Awards

• 2012: At the end of the season, elected Junior Sportswoman of the Year with 94 out of 100 possible points .

Trivia

Shanice Craft has lived in Mannheim since she was born. She is the daughter of a US soldier and a former German competitive swimmer from Mannheim.

successes

National

• German B youth champion 2009 in Rhede in the discus throw
• German B-youth champion 2010 in Ulm in the shot put and discus throw
• German U20 junior champion 2012 in Mönchengladbach in the shot put and discus throw
• German U23 junior champion 2012 in Kandel in the discus throw
• German U23 junior champion 2013 in Göttingen in the shot put and silver in the discus throw
• German U23 Junior Champion 2015 in Wetzlar in the shot put
• Bronze medal at the German Indoor Championships 2013 in Dortmund in the shot put (17.66 m)
• Bronze medal at the German Championships 2013 in Ulm in the discus throw (60.77 m)
• 4th place at the German Championships 2013 in Ulm in the shot put (16.65 m)
• Bronze medal at the German Championships 2014 in Ulm in the shot put (17.75 m)
• Gold medal at the German Championships 2014 in Ulm in the discus throw (65.88 m)
• Bronze medal at the German Championships 2015 in Nuremberg in the discus throw (64.79 m)
• 6th place at the German Championships 2015 in Nuremberg in the shot put (16.38 m)
• Bronze medal at the German Championships 2016 in Kassel in the discus throw (63.63 m)
• 4th place at the German Championships 2016 in Kassel in the shot put (17.01 m)
• 4th place at the German Championships 2017 in Erfurt in the discus throw (61.43 m)
• Gold medal at the German Championships 2018 in Nuremberg in the discus throw (62.91 m)

International

• Bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championships 2009 in Brixen in the discus throw (49.15 m)
• Winner in the discus throw at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore (55.49 m)
• Junior European Champion 2011 in Tallinn in the discus throw (58.65 m)
• Junior World Champion 2012 in Barcelona in the shot put (17.15 m)
• Silver medal at the Junior World Championships 2012 in Barcelona in the discus throw (60.42 m)
• Silver medal at the U-23 European Championships 2013 in Tampere in the shot put and discus throw
• Bronze medal at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich in the discus throw (64.33 m)
• Silver medal at the U-23 European Championships 2015 in Tallinn in the shot put (17.29 m)
• Gold medal at the U-23 European Championships 2015 in Tallinn in the discus throw (63.83 m)
• Bronze medal at the European Championships 2016 in Amsterdam in the discus throw (63.89 m)

Web links

Commons : Shanice Craft  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Shanice Craft in database of World Athletics (English)
• Official website of Shanice Craft
• Athlete portrait by Shanice Craft on Leichtathletik.de
• EM 2016 Amsterdam team brochure of the DLV, p. 11 (pdf 3.9 MB)
• EM 2018 Berlin team brochure of the DLV, p. 12 (pdf 21.3 MB)
• Shanice Craft on sportschau.de
• Performance profile on Leichtathletik-datenbank.de
• Athlete profile (MTG Mannheim) on ladv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Craft breaks unofficial indoor record Sport1 February 14, 2015
2. ↑ Records Set , on: sportresult.com, accessed February 15, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b} Pamela Lechner: Shanice Craft joins training group in Halle , change of location, on: Leichtathletik.de, from January 3, 2020, accessed February 15, 2020
4. ↑ EM 2018 Berlin , DLV team brochure, p. 12 (pdf 21.3 MB)
5. ↑ About me , accessed August 16, 2014