Jonna Valesca Tilgner (born November 18, 1984 in

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

) is a German sprinter and hurdler, who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. She won two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's 400 m hurdles at the

2007 Summer Universiade The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...

Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

, and at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

Belgrade, Serbia Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 millio ...

, clocking at 56.27 and 56.02 seconds, respectively. Tilgner is also a member of Bremer Leichtathletik Team, and is coached and trained by Jens Ellrott. Tilgner competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, along with her teammates

Claudia Hoffmann Claudia Hoffmann (born 10 December 1982 in Nauen) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She represents SC Potsdam and trains under Frank Möller. Her personal best time is 51.65 seconds, achieved in June 2010 in Regensburg ...

, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and

Sorina Nwachukwu Sorina Nwachukwu (born August 21, 1987 in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprinter of Nigerian descent, who specialized in the 400 metres. She set her personal best time of 51.53 seconds, by winning the same distance at the 2009 Germ ...

. Running the start-off leg, Tilgner recorded her individual-split time of 53.12 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.

References

External links

*
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
German female sprinters German female hurdlers Living people Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hanover Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 1984 births Universiade silver medalists for Germany Universiade bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub