Julia Mächtig (born 1 January 1986 in

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

) is a German heptathlete. She has a personal best of 6430 points for the event. She began competing in heptathlon competitions from a young age. She placed eighth at the

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then won her first international medals as a junior athlete, taking bronze at the 2004 World Junior Championships and silver at the

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. She won the German senior

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title in 2006. In the 2007 season she won her first national heptathlon title and placed third at the

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. She also made her senior international debut at the

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, where she came ninth in the women's pentathlon.Machtig, Julia
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16. Mächtig represented Germany at the

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in 2009, 2011 and 2013. She placed ninth with 6265 points on her debut outing, but was less successful in 2011 with her 17th-place finish. In 2012 she won the Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen with a personal best score of 6341 points, which included a long jump best of 6.49 metres.Wenig, Jörg (2012-06-16)
Bourrada breaks African record in Ratingen, Day 2 - IAAF Combined Events Challenge

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. Retrieved on 2012-06-16. In 2013, she improved her personal best at the Ratingen meet.

Achievements

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* 1986 births Living people German heptathletes Sportspeople from Rostock Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-heptathlon-bio-stub