Tatjana Pinto

Tatjana Pinto (full name Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto, born July 2, 1992, Münster, Germany) is a German track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 -meter run. She was European Champion in 2012 with the 4 x 100 - meter relay.

Life

First international success collected Pinto at junior level. At the Junior World Championships 2010 in Moncton, she won in the 4 x 100 meters relay silver medal and finished in the 100 -meter run sixth. At the Junior European Championships 2011 in Tallinn, she won the bronze medal over 100 meters and with the season the title. The team led by Alexandra Burghardt, Catherine Grompe, Tatjana Pinto and Anna -Lena Freese improved the 23 -year-old European Junior record 43.42 s

2012 increased Pinto your 100 -meter peak performance at the Palatinate Gala in Weinheim by 27 hundredths of a second to 11.19 s So they met the qualifying standards of the German Athletics Association for the Olympic Games in London and secured their participation. At the European Championships in Helsinki Pinto won together with Leena Gunther, Anne Cibis and Verena Sailer of the title in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. In the 100 - meter race she finished eighth.

At the Olympic Games in London Pinto finished fifth in the 4 x 100 - meter relay with Günther, Cibis and Sailer. About 100 meters separated them as fourth in its forward travel 11.39 s prematurely.

Tatjana Pinto is 1,70 m tall, weighs 56 kg and starts for the LG ratio Münster, which is to say from 2014 LG Brillux Münster. She is coached by Thomas Kremer, after she was cared for until 2012 by Frank and Elke Bartschat. Pintos father is Portuguese and her mother Angolan. In 2012 she completed her diploma in social and health care.

Awards

She was honored by the Sports Federation of Münster at the ball of the sport in 2010 as Sportswoman of the Year.

Bests

Achievements

National

  • 2009: 2nd place: German Championships ( Youth B, 100 m)
  • 2009: 1st place: German Championships (Youth, 4 × 100 m)
  • 2010: 2nd place: German Championships (Youth; 100 m)
  • 2010: 2nd place: German Championships (Youth, 4 × 100 m)
  • 2010: 2nd place: German Indoor Championships (Youth, 60 m)
  • 2011: 1st place: German Championships (Youth; 100 m)
  • 2012: 3rd place: German Indoor Championships (60 m)
  • 2012: 2nd place: German Championships (100 m)
  • 2013: 2nd place: German Indoor Championships (60 m)

Internationally

  • 2009: 5th place: EYOF (100 m, 4 × 100 m)
  • 2010: 2nd Place: U20 World Championships (season )
  • 2010: 6th place: U20 World Championships (100m)
  • 2011: 3rd place: U20 European Championships (100 m)
  • 2011: 1st Place: U20 European Championships (season )
  • 2012: 8th Place: European Championships 2012 (100 m)
  • 2012: 1st place: European Championships 2012 ( 4 × 100 m)
  • 2013: 3rd U23 European Championships (100 m)
  • 2013: 1st place U23 European Championships (season )
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