Julia Mächtig
Personal information | |
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Born | January 1, 1986 |
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Heptathlon |
Coached by | Klaus Baarck |
Updated on 4 August 2012. |
Julia Mächtig (born 1 January 1986 in Rostock) is a German heptathlete. She has a personal best of 6345 points for the event.
She began competing in heptathlon competitions from a young age. She placed eighth at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics then won her first international medals as a junior athlete, taking bronze at the 2004 World Junior Championships and silver at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships. She won the German senior long jump title in 2006. In the 2007 season she won her first national heptathlon title and placed third at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships. She also made her senior international debut at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where she came ninth in the women's pentathlon.[1]
Mächtig represented Germany at the World Championships in Athletics in 2009 and 2011. She placed ninth with 6265 points on her debut outing, but was less successful in 2011 with her 17th place finish.[1] In 2012 she won the Mehrkampf-Meeting Ratingen with a personal best score of 6341 points, which included a long jump best of 6.49 metres.[2]
Achievements
2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 3rd | Heptathlon |
2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 2nd | Heptathlon |
2006 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 17th | Heptathlon |
2007 | European Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 9th | Pentathlon |
Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 12th | Heptathlon | |
European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 3rd | Heptathlon | |
2008 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 8th | Heptathlon |
2009 | Hypo-Meeting | Götzis, Austria | 5th | Heptathlon |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 9th | Heptathlon | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 17th | 6095 pts |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Machtig, Julia. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
- ↑ Wenig, Jörg (2012-06-16). Bourrada breaks African record in Ratingen, Day 2 - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-16.
External links
- Julia Mächtig profile at IAAF