Julian Reus

Julian Reus in 2013 at the World Championships in Moscow

Julian Reus ( born April 29, 1988 in Hanau ) is a German track and field athlete in the sprint distances.

Sports career

Reus won at the 2007 European Junior Championships gold twice (100 meters and 4 x 100 - meter relay ) and one silver (200 meters). At the German Youth Championships he won the 200 meters in 2006 and 2007, over 100 meters victory. In 2007 he won another title at the German Youth Indoor Championships in the 60 - and 200 - meter track, and at the U20 European Championships in Hengelo in the 100 meters and the relay, the 200 meters, he finished second.

In adults, it reached its first success with the fourth place at the German Indoor Championships 2007. At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, he took part with the 4 x 100 - meter relay and was together with Ronny Ostwald, Tobias Unger and Alexander Kosenkow sixth.

By the end of 2007, Julian Reus trained at Erfurt LAC under the direction of Gerhard Jäger. He also graduated from the Armed Forces Basic Training in the sports promotion group Nienburg. Since 2008 he started for the TV Wattenscheid. There he was able to train among others, along with his squadron colleagues Ostwald and Kosenkow, and was with the 4 x 100 - meter relay in 2008 German Masters.

After the years 2008 and 2009 did not proceed with the desired success, he decided to go back to Erfurt to his old stamping ground. Since 2010 he started for the Erfurt LAC, but again changed in 2011 to the TV Wattenscheid.

After lengthy injury problems in previous years he won in 2012 at the German Championships in Wattenscheid gold over 200 meters and bronze in the 100 meters, where he set up each new personal bests. At the European Championships in the same year he won with together with Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow and Lucas Jakubczyk the silver medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay.

A short time later he ran in Weinheim in a test match at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 100 meters in 10.09 s again a personal best, ranking in the 'eternal' leaderboard German sprinter in second place. With the season he also improved there the 30 year existing German record 38.02 s In London he missed two weeks later, however, in 38.37 s the finals.

2013 Reus was German indoor champion in a personal best. At the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, he reached the sixth place one week later. In July he won in Ulm his first league titles over 100m in a new championship record time of 10.14 s and 20.36 s in the 200 m At the World Cup preparations competition in Weinheim he improved his best performance to a hundred Else customer to 10.08 s at the World Championships he left in the run, with the season, he finished in 38.04 s fourth.

Personal Best

• 60 m: 6.56 s (2013, Dortmund)
• 100 m: 10.08 s (2013, Weinheim )
• 200 m: 20.36 s (2013, Ulm )