Lena Malkus (born 6 August 1993 in
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
) is a German
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
er.
She won the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...
, the
2011 European Junior Championships and the
2013 European U23 Championships and won the silver medal at the
2012 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the
2013
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and
2015 World Championships without reaching the final.
Her personal best jump is 6.88 metres, achieved in May 2014 in
Weinheim
Weinheim (; pfl, Woinem) is a town with about 43,000 inhabitants in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, approximately north of Heidelberg and northeast of Mannheim. Weinheim is known as the "Zwei ...
.
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Competition record
References
1993 births
Living people
German female long jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
Sportspeople from Bremen (city)
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
21st-century German women
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