Steffen Uliczka

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Steffen Uliczka, with Tolossa Chengere (center) and Shadrack Kimaiyo (right) at the 2015 Berlin Half Marathon
Steffen Uliczka at the German Championships 2011
Uliczka (left) in the finals of the EM 2010

Steffen Uliczka (born July 17, 1984 in Preetz in the Plön district ) is a German obstacle runner and marathon runner.

Life

He was German champion in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014. His disqualification at the German Championships over 3000 meters in 2007 in Erfurt was controversial. Uliczka is said to have failed to properly guide his left foot over the obstacle several times. Because of this, Filmon Ghirmai became German champion, who however sharply criticized the disqualification himself and did not appear at the award ceremony.

This was followed by the XXIV Summer Universiade in Bangkok for which he was nominated by the General German University Sports Association. In a tactically smart final, he finished fourth. In 2009 he won the bronze medal at the Universiade. In Berlin he was eliminated from the World Championships in the same year. In 2010 he reached the finals at the European Championships in Helsinki and ran into sixth place.

In 2011 Uliczka took part in the World Championships in Daegu, but fell in the run-up. In 2012 he was tenth at the European Championships in Helsinki. A week later he improved his personal best in Liege and qualified for the Olympic Games in London, where he was eliminated in the preliminary stages.

He is 1.79 m tall and weighs 63 kg and starts for SG TSV Kronshagen / Kieler TB. Uliczka graduated from high school in 2004 and then began training as a banker at Kieler Volksbank , which he successfully completed in 2007. He is currently studying agricultural sciences at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel.

In 2007 Uliczka was awarded the Schleswig-Holstein sports badge .

In autumn 2014 Uliczka announced his move to the marathon distance. At the 42nd Berlin Half Marathon in April 2015, he came in 15th as the best German and was satisfied with this result as an intermediate result on the way to the marathon distance. In 2016 he ran the personal best time in the Berlin Marathon with 2:15:02 h.

In September 2016 Uliczka became the father of a boy.

Personal best

Steffen Uliczka 2016 in Schortens

successes

  • German A-youth indoor champion 2003 (3000 m)
  • 9th place U20 European Championships 2003 (3000 m obstacle) in Tampere, FIN
  • 16th place European Cross-U20 Championships 2003
  • A youth national record over 2000 m obstacle (5: 44.99 min), set in 2003
  • Participation in the U23 European Championships 2005 (3000 m obstacle)
  • German junior cross champion 2005
  • Participation in the European Cross-Country Championships in 2005
  • German champion 2006 (3000 m obstacle)
  • German junior cross champion 2006
  • 3rd place German cross championship team with S. Lindner and S. Weiss 2007
  • Disqualification at the German Championships 2007 after he had crossed the finish line first (3000 m obstacle)
  • 4th place Universiade 2007 (3000 m obstacle)
  • 29th place at the European Cross Country Championships 2007 (Toro, ESP)
  • German champion 2008 (3000 m obstacle)
  • Participation in the World Championship 2009 in Berlin
  • 2nd place German Championships 2009 (3000 m obstacle)
  • 3rd place Universiade 2009 Belgrade (3000 m obstacle)
  • German champion 2010 (3000 m obstacle)
  • 2nd place at the European team championship in Bergen (3000 m obstacle)
  • 7th place at the European Championships 2010 in Barcelona (3000 m obstacle)
  • best German placement in the men's class at the European Cross-Country Championships in December 2010 (12th place)
  • German champion 2011 (3000 m obstacle)
  • German Champion 2011 (Cross Country)
  • 2nd place at the European Team Championship 2011 in Stockholm (3000 m obstacle)
  • German champion 2013 (3000 m obstacle)
  • 16th place at the European Cross-Country Championships 2013 (Belgrade, SRB)
  • German runner-up 2014 (cross-country run)
  • German champion 2014 (3000 m obstacle)
  • 7th place at the European Championships 2014 in Zurich (3000 m obstacle)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan-Henner Reitze: Steffen Uliczka gets up again , www.leichtathletik.de August 29, 2011
  2. ↑ schleswig-holstein.de: Landessportehrungen awarded: Prime Minister praises voluntary commitment and top sporting achievements ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated March 13, 2007, accessed May 18, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schleswig-holstein.de
  3. ↑ a b c vattenfall-berliner-halbmarathon.de: Birhanu Legese and Cynthia Kosgei win, Arne Gabius jogs to the finish line after problems :: News ::: SCC | EVENTS , accessed March 31, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Uliczka, Steffen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Preetz