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Merle Homeier (born 27 August 1999) is a German track and field athlete who competes as a
long jumper 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 ...
.


Early life

Homeier studied biology at
Leibniz University Hannover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover (german: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational Sc ...
. In 2018 she became the German U20 long jump champion indoors and was runner up to Lea-Jasmine Riecke at the U20 German outdoor championships.


Career

Homeier came second at the
2021 European Athletics U23 Championships The 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships are the 13th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was planned to be held in Bergen, Norway from 8 to 11 July., but this venue was c ...
jumping a personal best 6.69m to finish behind Hungarian
Petra Farkas Petra Beáta Farkas (born 30 April 1999) is a Hungarian athlete specialising in the 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 ta ...
. In Leipzig, in February 2022, Homeier finished runner up at the German indoor championships to Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo. In
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in July 2022 Homeier competed in the 2020 World Athletics Championships but failed to finish in the qualifying positions for the final. Competing in difficult wind conditions she didn't improve on a jump of 6.09 metres. In August 2022 Homeier qualified for the final with a 6.49m jump at the 2022 European Championships long jump competition in Munich, and in the final finished ninth overall.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Homeier, Merle 1999 births Living people German female long jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany University of Hanover alumni People from Bückeburg Athletes from Lower Saxony