Sonja Kesselschläger
Sonja Kesselschläger (born January 20, 1978 in Finsterwalde ) is a former German heptathlete .
Life
Her greatest successes are sixth place at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and eighth place at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis.
Kesselschläger started her career in 1984 with ASC Grün-Weiß Finsterwalde. In 1993 she was appointed to the D / C squad 7 fight. In 1995 the athlete switched to SC Neubrandenburg . There she trained with national trainer Klaus Baarck , who was also the trainer of Anke Behmer . After being appointed to the B-squad in 1997, she was an A-squad athlete without interruption from 2002 to 2006. Due to an injury she could not qualify for the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 . In 2007, when she made her comeback, she immediately qualified for the World Championships in Osaka and in the following year also qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing . She narrowly missed the nomination for the World Championships in Berlin .
After the 2009 season, she ended her competitive sports career. With a height of 1.78 m, she had a competition weight of 64 kg. In addition to her sporting career, she was a sports soldier (senior petty officer ) in the sports promotion group of the Rostock Bundeswehr . At the same time she studied business administration at the FernUniversität in Hagen , where she graduated in 2008. Since April 1, 2010, she has been employed by the Neubrandenburg public utility company .
Best performances in all-around
| 100 m hurdles |
13.50 s
|
| high jump |
1.85 m
|
| Shot put |
13.77 m
|
| 200 m |
25.14 s
|
| Long jump |
6.24 m
|
| Javelin throw |
42.00 m
|
| 800 m |
2: 11.92 min
|
successes
- 1996: 7th place Junior World Championships Sydney
- 1997: 3rd place Junior European Championships Ljubljana , 1st place German A-Youth Championships all around
- 1998: 2nd place German junior championships all around
- 1999: 3rd place U23 European Championships in Gothenburg , 1st place German Junior Championships all-around
- 2000: 1st place German junior championships all around, 3rd place long jump German junior championships, 6th place European indoor championships Gent / Belgium
- 2001: 3rd place Universiade Beijing, 2nd place European Cup Arles
- 2002: 5th place World Combined Events Challenge , 9th place European championships in Munich , 2nd place all-around meeting in Ratingen, 5th place European indoor championships in Vienna
- 2003: 4th place World Combined Events Challenge, 8th place World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis , 1st place all-around meeting in Ratingen , 3rd place all-around meeting in Götzis / Austria, 4th place in World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , 1st place all-around -Meeting Tallinn, 1st place German Indoor Championships pentathlon
- 2004: 8th place World Combined Events Challenge, 6th place Olympic Games in Athens , 3rd place all-around meeting in Ratingen, 1st place German indoor pentathlon championships, 5th place German championships 60 meter hurdles Dortmund
- 2005: 1st place German championships in Lage, 10th place world championships in Helsinki , 8th place all-around meeting Götzis, 5th place European indoor championships Madrid, 1st place German indoor pentathlon championships
- 2006: 1st place German indoor championships pentathlon, 4th place indoor world championships in Moscow
- 2007: 3rd place German championships long jump, 3rd place all-around meeting in Ratingen, 13th place world championships in Osaka
- 2008: 15th place Olympic Games in Beijing
Web links
- Official website of Sonja Kesselschläger
- Sonja Kesselschläger in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on Leichtathletik.de
- Brief portrait on the NDR website , 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kesselschläger, Sonja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Finsterwalde , German Democratic Republic |