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Gina Lückenkemper

Gina Lückenkemper
Lückenkemper at the ISTAF Berlin meeting in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 28)[1]
Hamm, Germany
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight55 kg (121 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryGermany
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m
ClubSCC Berlin
Coached byLance Brauman
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 4x100 m relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 4×100 m relay
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2017 Nassau 4×200 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yokohama 4×100 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Amsterdam 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Amsterdam 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin 4×100 m relay
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Eugene 4×100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Eskilstuna 200 m
Lückenkemper at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin
Lückenkemper (second from the left) with 4×100 m relay team at the ISTAF Berlin meet in 2019

Gina Lückenkemper (born 21 November 1996)[2] 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.[3] Lückenkemper is also a World Championships bronze medalist, two-time European champion and World Relays silver and bronze medalist.[4][5][6]

She is a six-time German champion, having won the 100 metres five times and the 200 metres once.[7] 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.[8]

For her 2022 season, she was voted German Sportswoman of the Year.[9]

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.

Lückenkemper won bronze medals in the 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam.[10][11] She made her Olympic Games debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 14th in the semifinals of the 200 metres. In 2017, she won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metres relay at the World Relays, and placed fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 14th in the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Championships in London.

Lückenkemper won the silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin.[12][13] In 2019, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the World Relays, and finished fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 20th in the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Championships in Doha. Lückenkemper competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo held in 2021, where she placed fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

Lückenkemper won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene.[4] She won gold medals in the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 European Championships in Munich.[5][6] In 2023, Lückenkemper placed sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 16th in the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Championships in Budapest. She finished 4th in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 5th in the 100 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome.[14] Lückenkemper won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay and placed 10th in the 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[3]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Germany
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 14th (sf) 200 m 23.99
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 5th 200 m 23.53
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 8th 200 m 23.50 (w)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.65
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 1st 200 m 22.41
– (f) 4 × 100 m relay DNF
World Championships Beijing, China 28th (h) 100 m 11.34
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.64
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd 200 m 22.74
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.48
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14th (sf) 200 m 22.73
4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.10
2017 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4 × 200 m relay 1:30.68
European Team Championships Super League Lille, France 2nd 100 m 11.35
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.47 CR
World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (sf) 100 m 11.16
4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.36
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 100 m 10.98
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.23
2019 World Relays Yokohama, Japan 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.68
World Championships Doha, Qatar 20th (sf) 100 m 11.30
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.48
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.12
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 29th (h) 60 m 7.33
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 13th (sf) 100 m 11.08
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.03
European Championships Munich, Germany 1st 100 m 10.99
1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.34
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 16th (sf) 100 m 11.18
6th 4 × 100 m relay 42.98
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 5th 100 m 11.07
4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.61
Olympic Games Paris, France 10th 100 m 11.09
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 41.97

* Abbreviations: h = heat (Q, q), sf = semi-final

Circuit wins and National championships

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gina Lückenkemper - Trackteam". trackteam.de (in German). Burg-Wächter. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Gina Lückenkemper". IAAF. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b Brück, Mathias (14 August 2024). "Paris 2024: Why Germany's low medal haul isn't surprising". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b "U.S. women stun Jamaica in relays, men falter again". Reuters. 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b Ingle, Sean (16 August 2022). "Lückenkemper and Jacobs take 100m golds as Asher-Smith pulls up in final". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b Ingle, Sean (21 August 2022). "Ghosts of relays past return as Britain's women suffer baton disaster in Munich". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Gina Lückenkemper - Athletics Podium". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Leichtathletik-WM: Gina Lückenkemper knackt Elf-Sekunden-Marke". Sport1 (in German). 5 August 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ^ "European champions Kaul and Luckenkemper crowned German Sportspeople of the Year". European Athletics. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  10. ^ Ingle, Sean (7 July 2016). "Dina Asher-Smith becomes first British woman to win 200m European title". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  11. ^ Final results Archived 2016-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Ingle, Sean (7 August 2018). "Dina Asher-Smith and Zharnel Hughes storm to 100m Euro gold". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  14. ^ "European Athletics Championships LIVE: Watch stream & results from Day three with GB's Dina Asher-Smith in action". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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