Jan Fitschen
January hinge plates ( born 2 May 1977 in Nordhorn ) is a German long-distance runner. In 2006 he was European champion in the 10,000 -meter run.
Life
His athletic career began hinge plates in Osnabrück, where he grew up. Since 1998 he start for the TV Wattenscheid 01 and is coached by Tono cherry. In 1999 he drew attention to himself at the U23 European Championships with a fifth place over 1500 meters. The following year he was on the short-range German champion in cross-country running. 2001 Fitschen was. During the German Indoor Championships German vice-champion over 3000 meters behind Dieter Baumann Baumann had its start right obtained despite a court ban, but this was not recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF. All athletes of the 3000 -meter final run were suspended, which hinge plates could not attend the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon.
About 5000 meters hinge plates was 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 German champions, as well as on the 10,000 meters in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. 2005 he was German champion in the 10 - km road race. In the hall he was over 3000 meters seven times in a row ( 2002 to 2008 ) German masters.
His biggest success was the victory at the European Athletics Championships in 2006 in the 10,000 meters in a personal best time of 28:10,94 min. Was favored Fitschens sensational success by a tactical embossed race, which he won in the final sprint as a former middle distance runner. He thus became only the third German European champion over this distance by Jürgen Haase and Manfred Kusch man. Among other things, he was elected as " athletes of the year 2006".
At the World Championships in Osaka in 2007, he started over 5000 meters and was eliminated in the semifinals. Due to an injury hinge plates had to give both to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games and at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. At the European Championships 2010 in Barcelona hinge plates finished in twelfth place as defending on the 10,000 meter course. In the same year he was for the second time German champion in the 10-km road race.
Then hinge plates moved into the street. In the half- marathon competition in the Cologne Marathon in October he was in 1:05:19 h of third parties. In April 2011, he won the 25 - kilometer run in Herne in 1:16:56 h before simultaneous Tanzanians Ezekiel Jafari. The following month, he was at the Dusseldorf marathon his marathon debut in 2:20:15 h and was eighth. In June 2012, Stuttgart won the hinge plates run in 1:06:55 h on the half marathon course. At the Berlin Marathon in the fall he ran in 14th place and was the fastest in 2:13:10 h European participants. 2013 Fitschen was a new personal best time German champion in the half marathon.
Jan Fitschen is 1,76 m tall and about 60 kg. Parallel to competitive sports graduated hinge plates to study physics at the Ruhr- University Bochum, where he graduated in 2008 with a diploma.
Bests
- 3000 m: 7:46,22 min, May 30, 2003 in Dessau (Halle): 7:47,21 min, February 17, 2006 in Dusseldorf