Gina Lückenkemper
German sprinter (born 1996)
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- Gina Lückenkemper (born 21 November 1996) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the sprints.
- Lückenkemper is also a World Championships bronze medalist, two-time European champion and World Relays silver and bronze medalist.
- At junior level, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships.
- 95 seconds, becoming the first German female sprinter to achieve the feat since Katrin Krabbe in 1991.
- Career Lückenkemper won her first international medals when she placed third in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene and first in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna.
Gina Lückenkemper (born 21 November 1996) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the sprints. She is a three-time Olympian and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Lückenkemper is also a World Championships bronze medalist, two-time European champion and World Relays silver and bronze medalist.
She is a six-time German champion, having won the 100 metres five times and the 200 metres once. At junior level, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships.
At the 2017 World Championships in London, Lückenkemper broke the 11-second barrier in the heats of the 100 m event for the first time with a time of 10.95 seconds, becoming the first German female sprinter to achieve the feat since Katrin Krabbe in 1991.
For her 2022 season, she was voted German Sportswoman of the Year.
Career
Lückenkemper won her first international medals when she placed third in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene and first in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna. Lückenkemper made her senior international championships debut at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where she placed fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 28th in the qualification heat for the 100 metres.
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