Carsten Schlangen (born 31 December 1980) is a German middle distance runner who specialises in the

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. Born in Meppen,

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, his first major competition was the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

where he finished tenth in the heats of the 1500 m. He competed at the Internationales Stadionfest in 2006 – his first IAAF Golden League meeting. He reached the global stage in 2008 and just missed out on the 1500 m at the

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. He made it to the semi-finals of the 1500 m at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games but again closely missed out on making the final. At the

2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena

, he finished fourth in his heat but did not progress to the final. Schlangen took the 1500 m at the

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and represented his country at the

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. He retained his national title at the

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and attended the

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. Despite being an outsider for the podium, he took the

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in the 1500 m behind

Arturo Casado Arturo Casado Alda (born 26 January 1983 in Madrid) is a Spanish middle distance runner. Achievements Personal bests *800 metres - 1:44.74 - Rieti (ITA) 29.08.2010 *1500 metres - 3:32.70 - Berlin (GER) 22.08.2010 *Mile The mile, sometim ...

, who won in his native

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.For Casado, the long wait is over
.

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(30 July 2010). Retrieved on 31 July 2010.

Competition record

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Carsten Schlangen at the German Athletics Association (DLV)
* * * 1980 births Living people People from Meppen German male middle-distance runners German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Lower Saxony {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub