Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979) is a retired German

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athlete who competed in sprints.

Biography

Unger comes from

Wendlingen am Neckar Wendlingen am Neckar (, ) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the Neckar and Lauter rivers, 27 km southeast of Stuttgart. The town grew in size, officially, on 1 April 1940, ...

and studied

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at the

University of Tübingen The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (; ), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Tübingen is one of eleven German Excellenc ...

and trained in

Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg (; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Ludisburg'') is a Cities of Germany, city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg (district), Lu ...

. His trainer is the

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n Micky Corucle. He was the tenth fastest 200 m runner in 2005, and the second fastest European that year. His personal bests in his two disciplines are 10.14 seconds (100 m) and 20.20 seconds (200 m). Unger represented Germany at the

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. In

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he competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his heat behind Churandy Martina, Naoki Tsukahara and Simeon Williamson, normally causing elimination. However his time of 10.46 was the 10th fastest losing time, giving him a spot in the second round. There he improved his time to 10.36 seconds, but he was unable to qualify for the semifinals as he finished 7th place in his heat. Together with Till Helmke,

Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow (; born 14 March 1977) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid. Biography Kosenkow was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Kirghiz SSR, but represen ...

and Martin Keller he also competed at the

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. In their qualification heat they placed third behind

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and

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, but in front of

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. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth-fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round, and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth-best time.

Honours

* Third in the 1998 junior World Championships relay * German youth champion 2000 * Second place in the German Championships in 2001 * Seventh in the U-23 European Championships in 2001 * German champion in 2003 * Participant at the

2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the streets of Paris and the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, F ...

* German champion in 2004 * German indoor champion in 2004 (60 m, 200 m) * Seventh place in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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(200 m) * Bronze medal in the Indoor World Championships 2004 * Indoor European Champion 2005 * Double German champion in 2005 (100 metres, with a personal best time of 10.16 s; 200 metres, breaking Frank Emmelmann's national record with a time of 20.20) * Seventh place in the 2005 World Championships, with a time of 20.81 s over 200 m

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External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Unger, Tobias 1979 births Living people Athletes from Munich University of Tübingen alumni German male sprinters German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists

Biography

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