Susanne Hahn
Susanne Hahn (nee Knight, born April 23, 1978 in Hildesheim ) is a German long-distance runner.
Career
In 2006 she was so far successful year after 2005 already at the Bonn Marathon won the half-marathon competition in 1:14:15 h and the Bietigheimer New Year's run. In January, she ran on a difficult half-marathon in 1:14:21 h Egmond aan Zee, and in February they improved the Dutch road race Groet uit Schoorl Run their 10-km time 32:48 min. In March she won in Regensburg in the German championships in cross country and thus won her first national title. In the Rotterdam Marathon, her debut over this distance, it was with a time of 2:32:34 h Fourth. Thus they had managed at once the qualification standard for the marathon of the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 2006, in which it ranked 14.
The following year, she missed a sixth of the Paris Marathon with 2:33:25 hours while almost the World Cup single standard, but was nominated for the An incoming at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka marathon team of the German Athletics Association. After Ulrike Maisch and Luminita Zaituc could not compete, Susanne Hahn was the only German starter alongside Melanie Kraus, finishing in 43rd place. For shortly thereafter taking place German championships over 10 km it was third.
In 2008, she presented at the Gutenberg Marathon with 2:29:35 h both a track record and a personal best up and got on top of that the German championship.
After Mikitenko canceled injured, Susanne Hahn was beside Melanie Kraus is the only German starter in the marathon of the Olympic Games in Beijing. At kilometer 25 used heavy stomach problems; yet they struggled through and finally finished in 52nd place in 2:38:31 h
In 2009 she won the 10 - km road race Around the Bayer Cross Leverkusen in a new personal best time of 32:28 min. At the German Championships in cross-country running, they took second place behind Mockenhaupt. They also won the half- marathon race of Paderborn Easter Run. In May, she won the Dusseldorf marathon. With her winning time of 2:29:26 h, they undercut not only their previous best performance, but also met the qualifying standard for the World Championships in Berlin. There she finished second in 2:38:39 h 34th place. Three weeks later, she became German champion in the 10-km road race in Otter village.
In 2010 she took a baby break. My son came in August to the world. In October, she was appointed as an athlete spokesperson for the Bureau of the German Athletics Association. This office she held until February 2012.
In 2011 she successfully launched her comeback. In April, she was. At the German Championships in the half marathon in Griesheim second in 1:14:23 h and in September at the German Championships over 10 km in Oelde also second in 33:39 min In October, she was undercutting the Frankfurt Marathon with 2:28:49 hours not only their previous best performance, but also met the qualification standard for the 2012 Olympics in London, where she was 32 .
2014, it was German champion in the half marathon.
Susanne Hahn starts since 2005 for the SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken. She is married to her coach Frank Hahn and Ph.D. in German Studies ( Faculty of Historical linguistics ).
At a size of 1.69 m, it weighs 50 kg.
Social Commitment
The German long-distance runner was at Münster Marathon for SOS Children's Villages to the start. The SOS Children's Villages were at led by Susanne Hahn, as an official partner of the marathon and donated the cumulative Startgeühren to children in need.