Lilli Schwarzkopf
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Full name | Lilli Schwarzkopf |
Born | Novopokrovka, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union | 28 August 1983
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb)[1] |
Website | lilli-schwarzkopf.de |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Heptathlon |
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Lilli Schwarzkopf (born 28 August 1983 in Novopokrovka, Kirghiz SSR) is a German heptathlete.
Her first major global competition was the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where she finished in 13th place. She won the bronze medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She followed this up on the world stage with a fifth-place finish at the 2007 World Championships and eighth place at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She failed to finish the heptathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin and chose to omit the 2010 European Athletics Championships to focus on her studies[2] but came back to place sixth at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.
Schwarzkopf won the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Initially after the 800 metres, Schwarzkopf was disqualified for breaking lane, but this later turned out to be a mistake, Kristina Savitskaya in the neighbouring lane having done so, and Schwarzkopf was re-instated.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lilly Schwarzkopf's profile at the IAAF site
- ^ "World champions Hardee and Ennis top the bill in Götzis – PREVIEW - IAAF Combined Events Challenge" IAAF.org, 26 May 2011, (Retrieved 30 August 2011)
- ^ "Schwarzkopf wins silver after disqualification scare". DW. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Schwarzkopf gewinnt Silber bei Siebenkampf ihres Lebens". Olympia - Olympische Spiele - Sommerspiele - London 2012 - News. Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in German)
- Lilli Schwarzkopf at World Athletics
- Lilli Schwarzkopf at Olympics.com
- Lilli Schwarzkopf at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Lilli Schwarzkopf at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Chüy Region
- Kyrgyzstani people of German descent
- Soviet people of German descent
- German heptathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs