Tobias Unger

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Tobias Benjamin Unger (born July 10, 1979 in Munich) is an German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m.

Tobias Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar, studied sport science in Tübingen's university and trained in Ludwigsburg. His trainer is the Romanian Micky Corucle. Unger is currently fourth in the world 200 metre rankings, after Tyson Gay (3), Justin Gatlin (2) and Wallace Spearmon(1). His personal best in his two disciplines are 10.16 Seconds (100m) and 20.20 Seconds (200m).

Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms.

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  • Third in the 1998 junior World Championships relay
  • German youth champion 2000
  • Second place in the German Championships in 2001
  • Seventh in the U-23 European Championships in 2001
  • German champion in 2003
  • Participant at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics
  • German champion in 2004
  • German indoor champion in 2004 (60 m, 200 m)
  • Seventh place in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (200 m)
  • Bronze medal in the Indoor World Championships 2004
  • Indoor European Champion 2005
  • Double German champion in 2005 (100 metre, with a personal best time of 10.16 s; 200 metre, breaking Frank Emmelmann's national record with a time of 20.20)
  • Seventh place in the 2005 World Championships, with a time of 20.81 s over 200 m

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Translated from German Wikipedia