Linda Stahl

Linda Stahl (born 2 October 1985 in Steinheim ) is a German javelin thrower. Their biggest successes are the victory at the European Championships in Barcelona 2010, winning the U23 European Championships in Debrecen (Hungary ) in 2007, third place at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, the sixth place at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 and the eighth place finish at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, the 4th place at the World Championships in 2013 in Moscow.

Sports career

Since 2003 it belongs to the TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen. There she trained in a training group with Steffi Nerius Helge Zöllkau. Previously, she was active in their local club LG lip -south.

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she threw in the qualifier in the first attempt with 62,80 m best performance and was in the final with a width of 61.03 m in eighth place.

In the 2008 season she threw already on January 17, 2008 in Cologne 62.34 m and thus showed good early form in the Olympic season. Later she had back problems, making them the Olympic standard of 60.50 meters in the qualifying period to two centimeters missed ( herniated disc in the spring) despite constant performance. At the German Championships 2008, she was having a width of 60.18 m third parties. Only after the qualifying period for the Olympic Games in Beijing, she threw the javelin 66.06 meters wide and thus improved their personal best by more than three meters. Although they thus pushed at this time to the third place of the year the global leaderboard behind Barbora Špotáková and Christina Obergföll - only Marija Abakumowa and Steffi Nerius sat down in the course of the season before her, she could not qualify for the Olympic Games themselves.

In the World Cup 2009, it surpassed early in the season several times in the World Cup standard of 61 meters and qualified for the World Championships. There she lay already in the qualifying round with 63.86 m in the first attempt as best German ago, in the final finished steel with a width of 63.23 m finally sixth place.

On July 29, 2010, Linda Stahl unexpectedly European champion. During the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona with a width of 66.81 m With a width of 62.80 m, it holds the German U23 record. In addition, she holds the championship record with 62.17 m of the U23 European Championships.

On June 7, 2012 Linda Stahl exceeded 62.33 m at the athletics meeting in the roadstead Olympic standard and thus secured the nomination for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. At the European Championships in 2012 it was 63.69 m with third parties. At the Olympics, she won the bronze medal with 64.91 meters behind Christina Obergföll (Silver) and Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková from the Czech Republic. With 64.78 meters she finished 4th at the World Championships in 2013 in Moscow.

Professional

Since the spring of 2006 Linda Stahl studied human medicine, first in Münster and since the winter semester 2008 after passing Physikum at the University of Cologne. Currently (2013 ) she completed her practical year at Klinikum Leverkusen.

Honors

  • 2010: " Felix " as " Sportswoman of the Year " by North Rhine -Westphalia
  • 2012: Silver bay leaf

Sporting successes

  • 4th place at the World Championships 2013 in Moscow
  • 1st place at the German Championships 2013
  • 3rd place at the Olympic Games in London 2012
  • 3rd place at the European Championships 2012
  • 2nd place at the German Championships 2012
  • European Champion 2010
  • 3rd place at the 2010
  • 6th place at the 2009 World Championships
  • Third place at the German Championships 2008
  • 8th place at the 2007 World Championships
  • 3rd place at the German Championships 2007
  • 1st place in the U23 international match (F, I, E, D) 2007
  • U23 European Champion 2007
  • 3rd place in the U23 European Cup Winter Throwing 2007
  • 2nd place at the German Junior Championships 2006
  • 1st place in the U23 international match (F, I, E, D) 2006
  • 4th place at the German Junior Championships 2005
  • Third place at the German Winter Throwing Championships (A- Youth) 2004
  • A German Youth Champion 2004
  • 6th place at the German Winter Throwing Championships (A- Youth) 2003
  • 6th place at the German Championships ( Youth B ) 2002
  • 5th place at the German Winter Throwing Championships ( Youth B ) 2002
  • 5th place at the German Championships ( Youth B ) 2001

Policy

On 28 February 2012, the North Rhine -Westphalian Landtag Linda Stahl chose the proposal from the SPD in the 15th Federal Assembly for election of the Federal President on March 18, 2012.

2010 European Athletics Championships October 2 2009 World Championships in Athletics 2007 World Championships in Athletics 2013 World Championships in Athletics Silbernes Lorbeerblatt 2013 German Athletics Championships 2012 German Athletics Championships 2010 German Athletics Championships 2008 German Athletics Championships 2007 German Athletics Championships Daniela Jaworska Ruth Fuchs Anna Verouli Fatima Whitbread Trine Hattestad
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