Lilli Schwarzkopf

Lilli Schwarzkopf in Hamburg ( 2012)

Lilli Schwarzkopf ( born August 28, 1983 in Nowopokrowka, Kyrgyz SSR, now Kyrgyzstan ) is a German heptathlete.

Life

Lilli Schwarzkopf came up with seven years from the Soviet Union to Germany. She is 1.74 m tall. The sports student starts for the LG Rhein- Wied and is coached by her father Reinhold Schwarzkopf, a former decathlete. She was four times Paderborn Sportswoman of the Year (2005-2008) and is based in Seven star.

Career

2004 Schwarzkopf was with 6125 points and 2005 German Champion U23 European Vice- Champion with 6196 points. Shortly after, she participated in the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 and reached 5993 points 13th place. At the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006, she won the bronze medal with 6420 points and at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, they finished fifth and improved her personal best to 6439 points. On 21 and 22 June 2008, she won the all-around meeting in Ratingen, reaching thereby their previous personal best of 6536 points. Thus, she qualified for the final 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Here she finished with 6379 points in ninth place, but moved after the disqualification of Ljudmyla Blonska for doping for a place before.

At the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 she gave after the third discipline because of an Achilles tendon injury. In June 2010, she reached in the all around meeting in Ratingen with 6386 points, second place and qualified for the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, but where they did not compete because she wanted to finish her ​​sports studies. At the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London Schwarzkopf was the personal best of 6649 points Second after the British Jessica Ennis. It improved in the final 800 - meter race from fifth to second place. She was initially disqualified for touching the track mark the 800 -meter run. However, it turned out that not Schwarzkopf, but the Russian woman Kristina Sawizkaja had entered the mark, and Schwarzkopf was awarded the silver medal. A few weeks after the Olympics Schwarzkopf moved to the last competition of the season, the all-around meeting in the French Talence, an Achilles tendon injury on 15 September 2012.

Bests

Achievements

  • 2002 5th Place Junior World Championships, Kingston, Jamaica
  • German champion in the heptathlon, A- Youth, Berlin
  • Silver medal at the German Junior Championships
  • German champion in heptathlon in Vaterstetten, 6125 points
  • Silver medal at the European U23 Championships in Erfurt, 6196 points
  • 13th place at the World Championships in Helsinki, 5993 points
  • 3rd place in the all-around meeting in Götzis, Austria
  • 2nd place in the all-around meeting in Ratingen
  • Bronze medal at the European Championships in Gothenburg, 6420 points
  • German Champion in the all around, German Indoor Championships in Frankfurt
  • 5th place at the World Championships in Osaka, 6439 points
  • German Champion in the all around, German Indoor Championships in Frankfurt
  • 7th in the all-around meeting in Götzis, Austria
  • 1st place in the all around meeting in Ratingen 6536 points
  • 8th place at the Olympic Games in Beijing, 6379 points
  • 3rd place in the all around meeting in Ratingen 6355 points
  • 4th place in the all-around meeting in Götzis, Austria with 6337 points
  • 2nd place in the all around meeting in Ratingen 6386 points
  • Silver medal at the Olympic Games in London, 6649 points
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