Carolin Schäfer
German heptathlete
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Born | (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 32)[1] Bad Wildungen, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carolin Schäfer (born 5 December 1991)[2] is a German athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Schäfer took bronze at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
At the age of 15, she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships. She was the heptathlon 2008 World junior and 2009 European junior champion. Schäfer represented Germany at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she finished fifth and seventh respectively.
Statistics
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5544 PB |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | Heptathlon | 5833 pts PB |
2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 1st | Heptathlon | 5697 pts SB |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 5th | Heptathlon | 5941 pts PB |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | Heptathlon | 6003 pts |
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 6th | Heptathlon | 5809 pts |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 4th | Heptathlon | 6395 pts PB |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | – | Pentathlon | DNF |
World Championships | Beijing, China | – | Heptathlon | DNF | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | Heptathlon | 6540 pts |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6696 pts |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6602 pts |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | Heptathlon | 6419 pts |
2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 6th | Heptathlon | 6223 pts |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | — | Heptathlon | DNF |
Personal bests
- Heptathlon – 6836 pts (Götzis 2017)
- 100 m hurdles – 13.07 s (+2.0 m/s, Ratingen 2017)
- High jump – 1.86 m (Götzis 2017)
- Shot put – 14.84 m (London 2017)
- 200 metres – 23.27 s (+0.3 m/s, Ratingen 2017)
- Long jump – 6.57 m (+0.9 m/s, Götzis 2017)
- Javelin throw – 54.10 m (Tokyo 2021)
- 800 metres – 2:13.95 min (Ratingen 2022)
- Indoors
- Pentathlon – 4098 pts (Hamburg 2009)
- 60 m hurdles – 8.35 s (Sindelfingen 2023)
- High jump – 1.79 m (Hanau 2015)
- Shot put – 14.24 m (Frankfurt 2016)
- Long jump – 6.12 m (Frankfurt 2017)
- 800 metres – 2:16.61 min (Frankfurt-Kalbach 2014)
- 60 metres – 7.72 s (Ludwigshafen 2023)
Circuit wins and titles, National titles
- World Athletics Combined Events Tour Overall winner: 2016, 2017, 2018
- 2014: Décastar
- 2017: Mehrkampf-Meeting
- 2018: Mehrkampf-Meeting, Décastar
- German Athletics Championships
- Heptathlon: 2013, 2020
References
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carolin Schäfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Carolin SCHÄFER – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carolin Schäfer.
- Carolin Schäfer at World Athletics
- Carolin Schäfer at European Athletics (archive)
- Carolin Schafer at Olympics.com
- Carolin Schafer at Olympic.org (archived)
- Carolin Schäfer at Olympedia
- Carolin Schäfer at the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German)
- Carolin Schäfer at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
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World U20 Champions in women's heptathlon
- 1986: Svetla Dimitrova (BUL)
- 1988: Svetla Dimitrova (BUL)
- 1990: Beatrice Mau (GDR)
- 1992: Natallia Sazanovich (EUN)
- 1994: Kathleen Gutjahr (GER)
- 1996: Yelizaveta Shalygina (RUS)
- 1998: Shen Shengfei (CHN)
- 2000: Carolina Klüft (SWE)
- 2002: Carolina Klüft (SWE)
- 2004: Justine Robbeson (RSA)
- 2006: Tatyana Chernova (RUS)
- 2008: Carolin Schäfer (GER)
- 2010: Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2012: Yorgelis Rodríguez (CUB)
- 2014: Morgan Lake (GBR)
- 2016: Sarah Lagger (AUT)
- 2018: Niamh Emerson (GBR)
- 2021: Saga Vanninen (FIN)
- 2022: Saga Vanninen (FIN)
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