Lilly Kaden (born 6 September 2001) is a German

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er. She won double gold medals at the

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, in the

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and

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Biography

Kaden is from

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where she started competing in athletics at the age of 7. Her grandfather Paul Ivanfi was a noted

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er. She was initially a member of the

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

athletics club, but when the head coach Timo Krampen changed careers in 2020, Kaden switched to the LG Olympia Dortmund club coached by Thomas Kremer and sprint specialist Thomas Czarnetzki. She studied at the in

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. In July 2021, Kaden won double gold at the

, in the

and

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events. In August 2021, Kaden was featured in the German TV program "Lokalzeit aus Dortmund". In 2022, Kaden was injured at the Sparkassen Gala in

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. Despite a partial recovery and meeting the performance standard, she had to miss the

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due to a related thigh injury. Kaden competed in the

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in both the

and

events again, but she did not advance out of the semifinals in the 100 m and the German team finished 4th in the relay.

Statistics

Personal bests

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaden, Lilly Living people 2001 births German female sprinters 21st-century German women FC Schalke 04 players People from Rems-Murr-Kreis